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• Steppe, the — ▪ geographical area, Eurasia Introduction  belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east. Mountain ranges interrupt the steppe, dividing it… …   Universalium

• Gobi Desert — Gobi redirects here. For other uses, see Gobi (disambiguation). Gobi Desert (Говь) …   Wikipedia

• Kumtag Desert — The Kumtag Desert, Kumtagh Desert or Desert of Kum tag (Chinese: 库姆塔格沙漠; pinyin: Kùmǔtǎgé Shāmò Turkish:Kumdağ), literally sand mountain desert in Old Turkic language (Kum meaning sand and Tag meaning Mountain), is an arid landform in Northweste …   Wikipedia

• Eurasian Steppe — Steppe in Mongolia The Eurasian Steppe (also called The Steppe or The Steppes) is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Biome. It stretches from Hungary to Mongolia. The steppe has connected… …   Wikipedia

• Ordos Desert — The region of Ordos. The Ordos Desert (simplified Chinese: 鄂尔多斯 …   Wikipedia

• Kum-tagh Desert — The Desert of Kum tagh (Kumutage Shamo, 库姆塔格沙漠) is a section of the Taklamakan Desert which lies east southeast of the Desert of Lop. It is on the other side of the Kara koshun and reaches north eastwards as far as the vicinity of the town of Sa… …   Wikipedia

• Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …   Universalium

• 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

• Mongolia — /mong goh lee euh, mon /, n. 1. a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People s Republic. 2. Also, Nei Monggol. See Inner Mongolia. 3. Outer, former name of Mongolian People s Republic. * * * Mongolia Introduction… …   Universalium

• 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

• Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …   Universalium