Steppes

/ stɛps /

plural noun

1. the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia
2. See Kyrgyz Steppe
   another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

steppes

1. Vast grassy plains associated with eastern Russia and Siberia .

Example Sentences

Hence the high price of the celebrated "brick tea," brought across the steppes of Russia.

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The fauna is not abundant except in large mammals, which are very numerous on the drier steppes.

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I have often seen the temperature in the Siberian steppes fall to more than forty degrees below freezing point!

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To retreat from these remote steppes in safety to the mountains was indeed a triumph.

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Arid and extremely arid land are deserts, and semiarid grasslands generally are referred to as steppes.

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