The steppe is a flat grassland in the temperate zone of Eurasia ... "There is no need for prior preparation, no trees to cut ...

"Around 40% of Ukraine's territory is made up of steppe climate zone ... "I don't feel relieved when the government says it will plant trees in degraded farmlands but won't touch the steppes.

It displays a huge geographic, ecological, economic, cultural, and linguistic range today, from the steppe zone in the north, the Caucasus mountains in the center, to the highlands of today's ...