steppes
Vast treeless expanses
Steppes are vast, flat grasslands, especially those stretching across southeastern Europe and central Asia.
The terrain is too dry for forests but supports grasses and shrubs.
The word typically appears with the definite article: nomads of the steppes, winds sweeping across the steppes.
Steppe without the plural describes this type of landscape generally.
Without termination or boundary
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- expansiveCovering a large area
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
immense · open · flatlands · windswept · desolate · uninhabited · sky · emptiness
Open grassy flatland
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
- veldtAfrican open grassland
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
pasture · rangeland · feathergrass · bunchgrass · fescue · wormwood · sagebrush · turf
endless
Without termination or boundary
sweeping · immense · open · flatlands · windswept · desolate · uninhabited · sky · emptiness · solitude
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
- veldtAfrican open grassland
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
meadow · pasture · rangeland · feathergrass · bunchgrass · fescue · wormwood · sagebrush · turf · sod
Mongolia
Central Asian landlocked nation
- KazakhstanLargest landlocked country
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
Ukraine · Kyrgyzstan · Manchuria · Caspian · Scythians · Cossacks · Tatars · Huns
yurts
Portable circular tent homes
migration · caravans · pastoral · clans · encampments · felt · koumiss · horsemanship · raiding · livestock
- European natureAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Balkans, Mediterranean
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- European LandformsAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Danube, Rhine
- farmlandfarms, farm, fields, field, barns
- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
- nomadic lifenomads, yurt, wanderers, tent, Bedouins
steppesrainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
forest · jungle · tropical forest · temperate rainforest · dense forest
steppestropical rainforest
Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation
wetlands · swamp · marsh · rainforest · wetland
steppesmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
mountain range · highlands · rugged terrain · peaks · cordillera
- stepping stonesRocks enabling water passage
- stepping upAssuming more responsibility
- stepped backMoved away backward
- stepping downVoluntarily relinquishing a role
- stepped upIncreased in degree
- stepped outDeparted temporarily from inside