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Tundra vs Steppe - What's the difference?

tundra | steppe |

As nouns the difference between tundra and steppe

is that tundra is a flat and treeless arctic biome while steppe is the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. Similar to (North American) prairie and (African) savannah.

tundra

English

(wikipedia tundra)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat and treeless arctic biome.

    • steppe

    English

    (wikipedia steppe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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

    • 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) veld

    References

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