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Definition of STEPPE

Steppe
Steppe Steppe, n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.] One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna. Steppe murrain. (Far.) See Rinderpest.

Meaning of STEPPE from wikipedia

- geography, a steppe (/stɛp/) is an ecoregion characterized by gr****land plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include:...
- The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or The Steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate gr****lands, savannas and shrublands...
- The Pontic–Caspian Steppe is a steppe extending across Eastern Europe to Central Asia, formed by the Caspian and Pontic steppes. It stretches from the...
- Look up Steppe or steppe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A steppe is an ecological zone consisting of plains generally lacking trees. Steppe may also...
- migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained established...
- The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered...
- and fauna. A forest-steppe belt is a region of forest steppe. The largest steppe and (forest-steppe) belt is the Eurasian steppe belt which stretches...
- In archaeogenetics, the term Western Steppe Herders (WSH), or Western Steppe Pastoralists, is the name given to a distinct ancestral component first identified...
- The Kazakh Steppe (Kazakh: Қазақ даласы, romanized: Qazaq dalasy [qɑˈzɑq dɑɫɑˈsə]), also known as the Great Steppe or Great Dala (Kazakh: Ұлы дала, romanized: Ūly...
- The mammoth steppe, also known as steppe-tundra, was once the Earth's most extensive biome. During glacial periods in the later Pleistocene it stretched...