Steppes

British  

/ stɛps /

plural noun

1. the huge grasslands of Eurasia, chiefly in Ukraine and Russia

2. another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

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steppes Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

With the borders and ethnic leadership of China fluid, and the steppes of Mongolia vast and unbroken, readers are left with a sometimes-dizzying progression of peoples and tribes and emperors and khans, reaching back and forth across the zone that today contains the Great Wall, to the point that it is difficult to see Mr. Man’s overall story as one of China “conquering the north,” as the title suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal

What we do know is that secreted among the seeds was a small cluster of soft, yellowish, round pellets that belonged to a plant largely unknown outside the dry steppes of Tsarist Ukraine and known ever since as Russian thistle, or Salsola tragus.

From The Wall Street Journal

With their thick coats, curved tusks, and towering size, they grazed the vast steppes that stretched across the northern hemisphere.

From Science Daily

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

“The vibration from San Francisco goes up to the steppes of Kazakhstan,” said Sanzhar, who is staying at a hotel in the Nob Hill neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal