steppe

Example Sentences

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Increased interaction with animals and expanding travel across the steppe may have exposed people to disease reservoirs in the environment.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

While sand and the steppe have always been part of life in Central Asia, scientists warn climate change and other human activities are accelerating desertification and the degradation of the land.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Federal officials designated the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory, a remote area spanning sagebrush steppe and pinyon pine forest east of Mono Lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Known as the mammoth graveyard, the site at Cerney Wick near Cirencester, is where remains of multiple steppe mammoths were found in 2019.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

He watched as the scenery began to change, and the rolling steppe gave way to low grassy hills and then to higher land, with the occasional gorge or cataract; and still the boat steamed south.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman