The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (US) prairie and (African) savannah
An ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes
{i} broad grassy plain (especially the plains of southeast Russia and southwest Asia)
Steppes are large areas of flat grassy land where there are no trees, especially the area that stretches from Eastern Europe across the south of the former Soviet Union to Siberia. A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North America. the steppes a large area of land without trees, especially in Russia, Asia, and eastern Europe
Arid land with xerophilous vegetation found in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil
One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America