steppes

noun

plural of steppe
as in plains
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country nomads have long grazed yaks on the steppes of Mongolia

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Recent Examples of steppes Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026 Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026 Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 Even today, its influence stretches from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the far reaches of low Earth orbit. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026 Rather than having to find their own sales channels, participating farmers working off tiny plots on mountain steppes can sell their corn to the company at a set price for unified processing, before the corn is sold online and to major distributors. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026 All 40 rooms in the low-lying, two-story building look onto the park’s iconic towers, with large windows to catch Patagonia’s expansive steppes and skies. — Sarah Marshall, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 Unlike Argentina’s open steppes, Chilean Patagonia hugs the Pacific coast and is carved by glacial valleys covered in with dense vegetation. — Eric Sheets, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025 The gene expression in the muscle tissue suggested a predominance of slow-twitch muscle fibers indicating the mammoth's muscles were built for stamina, ideal for long, steady travel across the cold, expansive steppes. — Jay Kakade december 03, New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steppes
  1. plains
  2. prairies
  3. grasslands
  4. savannas
Noun
  • Explore the landscape of rolling plains, steep canyons, and family dynasties with a stake in the land that runs deep.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The project will provide support to recover 100 species facing imminent extinction, spanning mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and plants from 30 countries in habitats ranging from oceans to volcanic plains.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of plains
Noun
  • Most don’t associate cryptocurrency with rural states such as South Dakota, with its Great Plains and drift prairies.
    — K.H. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Davis’s journey to San Jose began on his parents’ farm in Osage County, a land of hills, prairies and the Osage Nation.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of prairies
Noun
  • Shot on location in Alberta, Canada, the blooming grasslands, breathtaking sunrises, glistening rivers and immense mountaintops are characters in their own right, often pulling audiences in when the storyline itself is drastically lacking.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By then, firefighters had begun to arrive as flames spread across the dry grasslands and the family hurried to evacuate.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of grasslands
Noun
  • The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
  • This includes savannahs and shrublands.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Definition of savannas

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