steppe
Vast treeless plain
A steppe is a vast, flat grassland with few trees, typically found in southeastern Europe and central Asia.
The terrain is too dry for forests but wetter than desert, supporting grasses and shrubs.
The nomads crossed the steppe on horseback.
The word often evokes images of windswept plains and traditional pastoral cultures.
Mobile livestock husbandry
- herdingManaging animal groups
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- gerPortable nomadic tent
- migrationMovement to new territory
caravan · horde · khan · tribe · clan · felt · horseback · encampment
Unbroken area of space
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- immenseExtremely large in scope
sweeping · panorama · vista · open · flat · windswept · treeless · sky
Goat-like Eurasian antelope
Largest landlocked country
- MongoliaCentral Asian landlocked nation
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- UkraineEastern European sovereign state
Kazakh · Manchurian · Scythians · Tatars · Cossacks · Huns · Turkic · Altai
Treeless herb-covered ecosystem
- semi-aridModerately low rainfall climate
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- continentalOf a continent
- aridDevoid of water
ecosystem · precipitation · biodiversity · flora · fauna · herbaceous · feathergrass · dryland
pastoralism
Mobile livestock husbandry
migration · caravan · horde · khan · tribe · clan · felt · horseback · encampment · wanderers
expanse
Unbroken area of space
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
immense · sweeping · panorama · vista · open · flat · windswept · treeless · sky · emptiness
saiga
Goat-like Eurasian antelope
Kazakhstan
Largest landlocked country
- MongoliaCentral Asian landlocked nation
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
Ukraine · Kazakh · Manchurian · Scythians · Tatars · Cossacks · Huns · Turkic · Altai
grassland
Treeless herb-covered ecosystem
- semi-aridModerately low rainfall climate
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
- continentalOf a continent
arid · ecosystem · precipitation · biodiversity · flora · fauna · herbaceous · feathergrass · dryland · shortgrass
- Mongolian cultureger, morin khuur, nomad, yurt, throat singing
- South American biomesAmazon rainforest, llanos, pampas, Patagonia, tropical rainforest
- Siberian historySiberian exile, Cossacks, furs, explorers, trappers
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- Earth/Landearth, land, ground, soil, dirt
- landcontinent, country, island, landmass, mainland
stepperainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
jungle · tropical rainforest · temperate rainforest · wetland · woodland
steppemountain range
Series of connected peaks
mountains · highlands · alpine zone · mountainous terrain · rugged terrain
- first stepInitial action taken
- step upIncrease or advance
- step onPress down with foot
- baby stepsCautious incremental progress
- step by stepIn ordered stages
- step backCreate distance, literally/figuratively
step, steps, stepping, stepped, stepwise, steppes, step-up, step-down