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Steppe, vast, grassy plains. Steppes are found in parts of Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
For information on:
- geographic areas with steppes: in Asia, see Afghanistan: Plant and Animal Life; Armenia: Land and Resources; Assyria: Introduction; Caucasus; China: Inner Mongolian Grassland; China: The Tibetan Plateau; Dagestan; Gobi; Israel: Plant and Animal Life; Jordan: Vegetation and Animal Life; Omsk; Russia: Animal Life; Stavropol' Territory; Tajikistan: Land and Resources
- in Africa, see Africa: Semidesert and Desert; Algeria: Plants and Animals; Mauritania: Plants and Animals; Sudan: Land and Resources; Tunisia: Vegetation and Animal Life
- in the Americas,see Patagonia; Pampas; Montana: Plant Life; North Dakota: Plant Life; Oklahoma: Climate; South America: Vegetation
- in Europe, see Europe: Vegetation; Don; Hungary: Plant and Animal Life; Moldova: Land and Resources; Ukraine: Plant and Animal Life
- agriculture on the steppes, see Agriculture: Prehistoric Agriculture; Russia: Soils and Vegetation; United States (Geography): Semiarid
- people who live or lived on the steppes, see Avars; Cossacks; Huns; Kalmyks; Khazars; Mongol Empire: Introduction; Scythians
- effect of steppes on migration, see Migration: Choice of Routes
- animal life on the steppes, Animal Distribution: Terrestrial Communities; Camel; Hamster; Horse; Red Fox
- steppe grasses, see Grasses: Distribution and Size Range; Grassland
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