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[[Image:mongolianSteppe.jpeg|250px|thumb|Grassland steppe of eastern Mongolia near the border with Russia and China. (Photo credit: D. Prosser, USGS)
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A '''steppe''' is a vast, semi-arid, flat, treeless, short grass plain, similar to a [[prairie]]. It's most prominant location on earth is the [[Great Steppe]], covering roughly 5,000 square miles, covering most of central [[Asia]], from [[Mongolia]] into [[Ukraine]].
A '''steppe''' is a vast, semi-arid, flat, treeless, short grass plain, similar to a [[prairie]]. It's most prominant location on earth is the [[Great Steppe]], covering roughly 5,000 square miles, covering most of central [[Asia]], from [[Mongolia]] into [[Ukraine]].
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