STEPPE

Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. The prairie is an example of a steppe, though it is not usually called such. It may be semi-desert, or covered with grass or shrubs or both, depending on the season and latitude. The term is also used to denote the climate encountered in regions too dry to support a forest, but not dry enough to be a desert. The soil is typically of chernozem type.

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steppe

Noun

  1. The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savannah.
  2. More properly, the name given vast cold, dry grass-plains.


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