Steppes

/ stɛps /

plural noun

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

2. another name for Kyrgyz Steppe

steppes

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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They then spent eight days on the road with a Chinese driver, travelling through mountains and lush steppes, which left Mr Sun in awe.

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“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.

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An illustration covered the back of the cage, a misty painting of foggy mountains and steppes with a river running through it, Flaco’s native habitat, put there, if you were in a certain dark mindset, almost to taunt him.

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