steppe

After a five-hour wait for petrol, Mongolian pensioner Nasanjargal is still 10 places from the pump, with dozens of cars behind him in a queue snaking into the arid steppe.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

After watching thousands of antelope flow over the Tibetan steppe, Mr. Schaller wrote, “for a brief time I was free again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

In addition, they have identified several nearby burial grounds and short-term camps dating to the same period, which could offer further clues about social life, mobility, and belief systems in the ancient steppe.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

"And we're involved in restoring tropical forest, dry deciduous forest, grassland, steppe - you name it - we're trying to help people put those plants back in place."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

Khazaria, Babulya said, had been a great kingdom at its end, but its people had begun as steppe warriors.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Ulanqab, with its steppes and volcanoes, is an unlikely digital frontier.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the scorched earth below.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

These big-boned people pursued a semi-nomadic life on the steppes, tamed animals, kept domestic cattle and moved over large areas using horses and carts.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024

“And now, from the steppes of Russia, get ready for the brave Cossacks of the Caucasus!”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros