1
: one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia
2
: arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
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nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia
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In the Mongolian steppe, nomadic communities used satellite data to better allocate the size of their herds ahead of winter.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Similar incentives simultaneously drew Russian farmers to the forests in the steppes of Central Asia and Chinese settlers to what is now Sichuan Province during the same centuries—land grants, tax relief, and the prospect of land security.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
For decades, scholars debated whether these languages spread from the Eurasian steppe or from early farmers in Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
But they’ve since been reestablished on the steppes of Mongolia and China, with some in Russia and Ukraine.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Similar incentives simultaneously drew Russian farmers to the forests in the steppes of Central Asia and Chinese settlers to what is now Sichuan Province during the same centuries—land grants, tax relief, and the prospect of land security.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
For decades, scholars debated whether these languages spread from the Eurasian steppe or from early farmers in Anatolia, in what is now Turkey.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
But they’ve since been reestablished on the steppes of Mongolia and China, with some in Russia and Ukraine.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
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“Steppe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steppe. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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steppe
noun
: land in regions of wide temperature range (as in southeastern Europe and parts of Asia) that is dry, usually rather level, and covered with grass
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