exclusively coniferous. In the south the natural vegetation is
grassland in the east and very sparse in the arid west, and grazing is the dominant economic activitywhilst the summer is very warm to hot and relatively humid except in the west where it remains dry. Autumn is brief and sees a steady cooling, with temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) reached in October in the north and
November in the south.Officially, most of Inner Mongolia is classified as either a cold arid or steppe regime (Kِppen BWk, BSk, respectively). The small portion besides these are classified as humid continental (Kِppen Dwb) in the northeast, or subarctic (Kِppen Dwc) in the far north near Hulunbuir.[26]Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for some locations in Inner Mongolia of China City July (°C) July (°F) January