Steppe

Definition

steppe /'step/ n (usu pl ) ျမက္ခင္းလြင္ျပင္။ Compare PAMPAS, PRAIRIE, SAVANNAH, VELD

Examples

1. ‘A few days later she set off on her own arduous journey to Krasnokamensk - six hours by plane and 10 hours by car across Siberia's desolate steppes.’
2. ‘The climate is dry and semiarid in the steppes in the middle and eastern parts
3. subtropical in the southeast
4. cold in the high mountains in the north
5. and temperate on the Caspian coast.’
6. ‘It is a dry land of mountains and steppes
7. with some plains in the valleys of the heartland.’
8. ‘You must learn the traditions of the plains and steppes.’
9. ‘Swift habitat includes desert oasis
10. Mediterranean scrub
11. steppe
12. farm or grassland
13. urban areas
14. forest and canyons.’
15. ‘Much of Uzbekistan's landscape consists of deserts
16. dry steppes
17. and fertile oases near rivers.’
18. ‘Across the country extend belts of tundra (in the far north)
19. forest
20. and fertile areas.’
21. ‘During the following days
22. we will cross green frozen steppes
23. sandy deserts
24. narrow gorges and canyons
25. and all the guises that mountains are apt to take.’
26. ‘The arctic meadows
27. tundras
28. and steppes contained the herbaceous plants
29. leaves
30. and sprigs of shrubs and low shrubs needed for the mammoth to feed on and survive in glacial Siberia.’
31. ‘Most of the country is covered by steppes
32. with desert areas and some patches of cultivated land.’
33. ‘Japan and China are also clashing over the route of a pipeline across the dark forests and frozen steppes of Siberia.’
34. ‘From the borders of Europe to the frozen steppes of Siberia and the Pacific coastline of Vladivostok
35. Russia is still geographically a powerful presence despite having shed its Soviet-era neighbours.’
36. ‘Trouble is
37. we have more than enough food available in America in this day and age
38. and we're usually not trekking across frozen tundra or arid steppes in search of the next encampment.’
39. ‘Olga was born and grew up on the steppes of southern Siberia.’
40. ‘In the Gobi area
41. you will find mountains
42. plains
43. steppes
44. forests and barren areas.’
45. ‘With these they are able to dramatise plains
46. prairies
47. steppes and meadows.’
48. ‘By the mid-sixteenth century Crimea
49. the southern Russian steppes
50. the Kazakh steppes
51. and western Siberia had come under Islamic law.’
52. ‘The game may have its origin in ancient times
53. when herds of cattle grazed in the steppes and mountains and were exposed to the threat of attack by wolves.’
54. ‘Human cultures now spread from the subtropical regions into the steppes and temperate climes where the grasses could be selected to provide abundant food.’
55. ‘The Pope
56. who aides say is losing sleep over the possibility of war
57. celebrated a Mass that began with a stiff wind blowing in from Siberia over the flat steppes and ended in sunshine.’