| steppe zone | степная зона (a natural zone in which steppes have always predominated or predominate now. Steppe zones are common in the temperate and subtropical belts of the northern and southern hemispheres. A significant portion of the territory of steppe zones is under crop cultivation. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. Kurgan studies: an environmental and archaeological multiproxy study of burial mounds of the Eurasian steppe zone (British Archaeological Reports international series 2238): 25-69. Immigration and transhumance in the Early Bronze Age Carpathian ... by Gerling, Claudia  thefreedictionary.com Alexander Demidov) |
