Steppe vs Canyon - What's the difference?
steppe | canyon |
The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savannah.
More properly, the name given vast cold, dry grass-plains.
* Grasslands: The Steppe biome is a dry, cold, grassland that is found in all of the continents except Australia and Antarctica. It is mostly found in the USA, Mongolia, Siberia, Tibet and China. There isn't much humidity in the air because Steppe is located away from the ocean and close to mountain barriers. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/steppe.htm - 8k
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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As nouns the difference between steppe and canyon
is that steppe is the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savannah while canyon is a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.steppe
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(wikipedia steppe)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Although it may be the steppe biome, one would not normally speak of the steppes of Canada, whereas one would speak of the steppes of Asia or the steppes of Russia.See also
* US prairie * savannah * plain * (South African) veldReferences
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(en noun)- Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.