geography, a steppe (/stɛp/) is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include:...

The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or The Steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands...

The Pontic–Caspian Steppe is a steppe extending across Eastern Europe to Central Asia, formed by the Caspian and Pontic steppes. It stretches from the...

In archaeogenetics, the term Western Steppe Herders (WSH), or Western Steppe Pastoralists, is the name given to a distinct ancestral component first identified...

and fauna. A forest-steppe belt is a region of forest steppe. The largest steppe and (forest-steppe) belt is the Eurasian steppe belt which stretches...

The Steppe Front (Russian: Степной фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War which existed from July to October 1943. On 9 July 1943...

migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained established...

Look up Steppe or steppe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A steppe is an ecological zone consisting of plains generally lacking trees. Steppe may also...

The Kazakh Steppe (Kazakh: Қазақ даласы, romanized: Qazaq dalasy, also Uly dala, Ұлы дала "Great Steppe"), also called the Great Dala, is a vast region...

Shrub-steppe is a type of low-rainfall natural grassland. While arid, shrub-steppes have sufficient moisture to support a cover of perennial grasses or...

Bugeac Steppe, Budjak Steppe or Budzhak Steppe (Romanian: Stepa Bugeacului; Ukrainian: Буджацький степ, romanized: Budzhats'kyy step) is a steppe located...

forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest. Forest steppe primarily...

The steppe bison or steppe wisent (Bison priscus) is an extinct species of bison. It was widely distributed across the mammoth steppe, ranging from Western...

The steppe wolf (Canis lupus campestris), also known as the Caspian Sea wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the Caspian steppes, the steppe regions...

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered...

The mammoth steppe, also known as steppe-tundra, was once the Earth's most extensive biome. During glacial periods in the later Pleistocene it stretched...

Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes called the steppe mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth that ranged over most of northern Eurasia during the Early...

The Kuban steppe is one of the major steppes in Europe, located in southeastern Russia between the city of Rostov on Don and the Caucasus Mountains. The...

The Baraba steppe or Baraba Lowland (Russian: Барабинская низменность), is a plain in western Siberia. It is named after Baraba Tatars, its indigenous...

The Crying Steppe is a 2020 Kazakhstani drama film directed by Marina Kunarova. It was selected as the Kazakhstani entry for the Best International Feature...

The Pannonian Steppe is a variety of grassland ecosystems found in the Pannonian Basin. It is an exclave of the Great Eurasian Steppe, found in modern-day...

the Scythians during the 6th to 3rd centuries BC in the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The names Scythia and Scythica are themselves Latinisations of the Ancient...

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential...

The Kurgan hypothesis (also known as the Kurgan theory, Kurgan model, or steppe theory) is the most widely accepted proposal to identify the Proto-Indo-European...

The Chuya Steppe (Russian: Чуйская степь) in the Siberian Altai Mountains is a depression formed by tectonic movement of major faults in the Earth's crust...

Mongolian-Manchurian grassland, also known as the Mongolian-Manchurian steppe or Gobi-Manchurian steppe, in the temperate grassland biome, is an ecoregion in East...

Sagebrush steppe is a type of shrub-steppe, a plant community characterized by the presence of shrubs, and usually dominated by sagebrush, any of several...

is largely absent, rich grasslands that are an extension of the Kazakh Steppe formed the original vegetation, most of which is no longer visible.[why...

Eurasian nomads were groups of nomadic peoples living throughout the Eurasian Steppe, who are largely known from frontier historical sources from Europe and...

The steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central...