meadow steppe

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• meadow — [n] grassy field bottoms*, carpet*, grassland, heath, lea, mead, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, rug*, steppe, veldt; concept 509 …   New thesaurus

• Steppe — In physical geography, a steppe (German [http://www.answers.com/steppe r=67] , from ru. степь IPA ru|sʲtʲepʲ a flat and arid land , uk. степ IPA|/stɛp/, mn. тал tal, kk. дала IPA|/dɑlɑ/), pronounced in English as IPA|/stɛp/, is a grassland plain… …   Wikipedia

• Meadow — For other uses, see Meadow (disambiguation). Meadow in full flower near Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps. Such meadows even on steep hillsides are traditionally hand mown with hay scythes in late summer A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by… …   Wikipedia

• meadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mead, lea, pasture, mowing. See land. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grass, pasture, mead, lea, mountain meadow, upland pasture, alp, meadow land, bottom land, bottoms, grassland, pasturage, salt marsh,… …   English dictionary for students

• meadow — Synonyms and related words: baygall, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, campo, everglade, fen, fenland, field, glade, grass, grass veld, grassland, grazing, haugh, haughland, hog wallow, holm, lea, llano, marais, marish, marsh,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• steppe — Synonyms and related words: Lebensraum, agricultural region, air space, alkali flat, alluvial plain, arable land, back country, basin, billiard table, black belt, bottomland, bowling green, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, citrus… …   Moby Thesaurus

• List of ecoregions (WWF) — This is a list of ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions.The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth s land surface into 8 terrestrial ecozones, containing 867… …   Wikipedia

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• List of ecoregions in Russia — The following is a list of ecoregions in Russia, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF):TerrestrialTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests*Caucasus mixed forests (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey) *Crimean Submediterranean… …   Wikipedia

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium