steppe
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Around the village is the vast Kazakh steppe, stretching seemingly endlessly into a horizon broken only by the solitary tower of a cement plant.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 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
Federal officials designated the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory, a remote area spanning sagebrush steppe and pinyon pine forest east of Mono Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Large areas of the former Fertile Crescent are now desert, semidesert, steppe, or heavily eroded or salinized terrain unsuited for agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
They then spent eight days on the road with a Chinese driver, travelling through mountains and lush steppes, which left Mr Sun in awe.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
We know that some groups came to Europe from the East Asian and Pontic steppes, but to what extent, if at all, were steppe traditions maintained in Avar society if at all?
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
Ukraine’s open steppes, now crisscrossed by lines of trenches and pocked with bomb and artillery craters, gave rise to huge settlements in the early days of farming.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2023
“And now, from the steppes of Russia, get ready for the brave Cossacks of the Caucasus!”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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