are sometimes confused. The steppewisent became extinct in the late Pleistocene , as it was replaced in Europe by the modern wisent species and in America by a sequence of species culminating in the American ... Lineages in Cross Breeding Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin? ref The steppewisent was over ..., the horns themselves being over half a meter long. Steppewisent occasionally appear in cave art ...Taxobox name Steppe Bison image Steppe Bison.jpg image width 250px image caption Bison priscus skeleton fossil range Irvingtonian to Late Pleistocene fossilrange 1.8 0.011 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Bovinae genus Bison species B. priscus binomial Bison priscus binomial authority Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus Bojanus , 1827 Image Bison skull.jpg thumb left Bison priscus skull Image AltamiraBison.jpg thumb left Cave painting in Altamira, Spain The Steppe Bison ref name priscus http www.beringia.com research bison.html Steppe Bison Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre ref or steppewisent Bison priscus was a bison found on steppes throughout Europe , ref name Europe http www.kirmuseum.ru issue guide detail.php?ID 3055 9 2006 . , . . ref Central Asia , ref name Asia http www.sciencedirect.com science? ob ArticleURL& udi B8JJ9 4T6DSVG 5& user 10& coverDate 06 2F30 2F2008& rdoc 1& fmt high& orig search& origin search& sort d& docanchor &view c& acct C000050221& version 1& urlVersion 0& userid 10&md5 c97aa16fc7e0f6c64cf6a3662a160503&searchtype a S.K. Vasiliev. Late pleistocene bison Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827 from the Southeastern part of Western Siberia ref Beringia , and North America ref name Pleisto cite journal last1 Zazula first1 Grant D. last2 MacKay first2 Glen last3 Andrews first3 Thomas D. last4 Shapiro first4 Beth authorlink4 Beth Shapiro last5 Letts first5 Brandon last6 Broc first6 Fiona title A late Pleistocene steppe bison ... more details
Bison SteppeWisent ubro Commons category Bison bonasus References ARKive attribute Reflist External ...For the armoured vehicle Wisent vehicle Taxobox name Wisent European Bison status VU status system iucn3.1 ... image caption Wisent in a game park near Springe image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate ... ranks Subspecies subdivision Bison bonasus bonasus Linnaeus, 1758 Carpathian Wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum Caucasian Wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus range map Bison bonasus distribution.svg range map caption Geographic range The wisent IPAc en icon v i z n t or IPAc en w i z n t , Bison ... n bison . It is the heaviest surviving Terrestrial animal land animal in Europe a typical wisent is about ... on the neck, head and forequarters, but longer tail and horns. Wisent were hunted to extinction ... Europe , all descendants of the Bia owie a or lowland wisent. They are now forest dwelling. They have ... predation. Wisent were first scientifically described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. Some later descriptions treat the wisent as conspecific with the American bison . It is not to be confused with the aurochs , the extinct ancestor of domestic cattle. In 1996 the IUCN classified the wisent as an endangered ... English word is borrowed from modern German language German Wisent IPA de vi z nt , which comes .... . OED Online. June 2011. Oxford University Press. ref ref wisent, n. . OED Online. June 2011. Oxford ..., 17,000 9,000 BCE, B deilhac grottoe, Ari ge . File EuropeanBisonLyd3.png right thumb Wisent skeleton Historically, the lowland wisent s range encompassed all of western, central and southeastern Europe ... extinction extirpated was that of Gaul in the 8th century AD. The wisent became extinct in northern ..., ISBN 92 871 5549 6, 978 92 871 5549 8 ref Wisent survived in Eastern Europe , although they slowly had been losing their numbers there as well. For example, the last wisent in Transylvania died in 1790. In Poland , in Bia owie a Forest , wisent were legally the property of the List of Polish monarchs ... more details
About the ecological zone type Image Mongolia Ger.jpg thumb Steppe in Mongolia Image Prokudin Gorskii 18.jpg thumb Steppe in Uzbekistan In physical geography , steppe from Russian language Russian , steppe, further derivation unknown is an ecoregion , in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate ... and mixed prairie is an example of a steppe, though it is not usually called such. It may be semi ... defines a steppe climate, Evapotranspiration Potential evapotranspiration potential evapotranspiration must also be taken into account. Two types of steppe Image windbreakers altai steppe.jpg right thumb Southern Siberia n steppe windbreaker trees in the wintertime Two types of steppe can be recorded ... ref Temperate steppe the true steppe, found in Continentality continental areas of the world it can ... steppe a similar association of plants that can be found in the driest areas with a Mediterranean climate Mediterranean like climate it has usually a short wet period Peculiar types of steppe include shrub steppe and alpine steppe . Locations Image Patagonian plains argentina.jpg left thumb Cold Patagonian steppe near Fitz Roy, Argentina Cold steppe The world s largest steppe region, often referred to as the Great Steppe , is found in southwestern Russia and neighbouring countries in Central ... as much of Armenia and Iran are largely dominated by cold steppe. The Pannonian Plain is another steppe region in eastern Europe , primarily Hungary . Another large steppe area prairie is located in the central United States and western Canada . The shortgrass prairie steppe is the westernmost part ... state Washington State is an example of a steppe region in North America outside of the Great Plains. In South America , cold steppe can be found in Patagonia and much of the high elevation regions east of the southern Andes . Relatively small steppe areas can be found in the interior of the South Island of New Zealand . Subtropical steppe In Europe , some Mediterranean climate Mediterranean areas ... more details
Taxobox name Carpathian Wisent status EX status system iucn3.1 status ref cn date May 2011 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis mammal Mammalia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Bison species Wisent B. bonasus subspecies B. b. hungarorum trinomial Bison bonasus hungarorum trinomial authority Mikl s Kretzoi Kretzoi , 1946 The Carpathian wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum was a subspecies of European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains , Moldavia , and Transylvania . It may also have lived in modern day Ukraine and Hungary . File Wisent Hunt on stamp Hungary 1971.jpg thumb left 200px Wisent Hunt on postage stamp of Hungary , 1971 It began to die out about a hundred years earlier than its very close cousin, the Caucasian Wisent Caucasian wisent , probably because it lived nearer to Central Europe . The last Carpathian wisent was shot in Transylvania in 1790 cn date May 2011 , and the subspecies is now entirely extinct. ref name Tokarska2011 cite journal author Tokarska, M. et al. year 2011 title Genetic status of the European bison Bison bonasus after extinction in the wild and subsequent recovery journal Mammal Review volume 41 issue 2 pages 151 162 doi 10.1111 j.1365 2907.2010.00178.x ref See also List of extinct animals of Europe External links http www.petermaas.nl extinct speciesinfo carpathianbison.htm The Extinction Website Carpathian European Bison Bison bonasus hungarorum . http www.ultimateungulate.com Artiodactyla Bison bonasus.html European bison Wisent References reflist even toed ungulate stub Category Bison Category Extinct mammals Category Extinct mammals of Europe Category Species made extinct by human activities Category Mammal extinctions since 1500 eu Hungariako bisonte it Bison bonasus hungarorum ... more details
About the Wisent vehicle Wisent infobox weapon name Wisent image caption origin Germany type 8x8 off road cargo truck Type selection is vehicle yes Service history service used by wars Production history designer Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles design date manufacturer unit cost production date 2008 number variants General specifications spec label weight 26t empty length part length width height diameter crew passengers Vehicle missile specifications armour primary armament secondary armament engine MAN diesel engine power 430hp pw ratio transmission ZF 7 speed automatic payload capacity suspension clearance fuel capacity vehicle range 700km speed 105km h road guidance steering The Wisent is an Eight wheel drive 8x8 armoured logistics vehicle built by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Rheinmetall . ref cite web url http www.rheinmetall defence.com index.php?fid 4328&lang 3 accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Defence Wisent ref It is designed to be airliftable by the Airbus A400M . It can be fitted with various modules, for cargo carrying, medical use, troop transport, and so on. ref cite web url http www.military today.com apc wisent.htm accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Wisent Armored Transport Vehicle Military Today.com date 2010 05 12 ref The Wisent can also be fitted with various weapons, including an Remote weapon system RCWS . ref cite web url http www.janes.com articles Janes Armour and Artillery Rheinmetall Landsysteme Wisent Armoured Vehicle Demonstrator Germany.html accessdate 2010 10 17 title Rheinmetall Landsysteme Wisent Armoured Vehicle Demonstrator Germany Jane s Armour and Artillery ref References reflist Category Modern military vehicles Category Military trucks Category Rheinmetall Category MAN SE Category Armoured personnel carriers ... more details
Infobox Beverage name Wisent image type Vodka Flavoured Vodka manufacturer Polmos a cut origin a cut , Poland introduced ? discontinued proof related List of vodkas variants Wisent is flavoured vodka produced by Polmos a cut in Poland containing the bison grass. According to its producer it is natural, using herbs and stimulating energy. It contains 40 alcohol by volume. See also ubr wka External links http www.polmoslancut.com.pl Polmos a cut Category Polish vodkas distilled drink stub ... more details
Refimprove date February 2009 No footnotes date February 2009 Taxobox name Caucasian Wisent status EX status system iucn2.3 extinct 1927 image CaucasianBison Demidoff1898.png image width 250px image caption An image of a killed Caucasian Bison from E. Demidoff s book Hunting Trips in The Caucasus 1889 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Bison species Wisent B. bonasus subspecies B. b. caucasicus trinomial Bison bonasus caucasicus trinomial authority Turkin et Satunin , 1904 The Caucasian Wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus was a subspecies of Wisent that inhabited the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe . It was hunted by the Caspian Tiger and the Asiatic Lion until 10th century in the Caucasus , as well as other predators such as wolves and bear s. Decline and extinction In the 17th century, the Caucasian wisent still populated a large area of the Western Caucasus . After that human settlement in the mountains intensified and the range of the Caucasian wisent became reduced to about one tenth of its original range at the end of the 19th century. In the 1860s the population numbered still about 2000, but was reduced to only 500 600 in 1917, and only 50 in 1921. ref name Lidia Lidia V. Zablotskaya, Mikhail A. Zablotsky and Marina M. Zablotskaya, Origin of the hybrids of North American and European bison in the Caucasus Mountains. Text presented in Russian at 2nd Conference of Bison Specialist Group, SSC IUCN in Sochi, on 26 30 September 1988, and translated into English in 1990, but never published. ref Local poaching ... wisent pedigree book. ref name Puzek Wisent reintroductions in the Caucasus In 1940, a group of wisent ... Forestry Game Management Unit Kabardino Balkariya . Later some pure blood wisent of the Lowland ... Carpathian WisentWisent External links http www.petermaas.nl extinct speciesinfo caucasianbison.htm ... Artiodactyla Bison bonasus.html European bison Wisent References reflist Category Bison ... more details
Steppe may refer to Steppe , the ecological zone that is defined as a field lacking trees Eurasian Steppe , the Eurasian steppe reaching from Mongolia to Hungary Harry Steppe , a Jewish American Vaudeville actor The Jewish Steppe , a documentary about Soviet Jews Steppenwolf, which is German for prairie wolf Steppenwolf band , the Canadian rock band best known for their song, Born to be Wild Disambig ru uk ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 The Asian Steppe is the Asia n part of the Eurasian Steppe . Some scholars wrongly use the term Asian Steppe to describe the vast region of steppes of Eurasia . The Pontic Steppe of western Russia and of Ukraine and the steppes of the Hungarian plain are all in Eastern Europe . The Asian Steppe itself includes mainly the Mongolian steppes and the Kazakh steppes. There are two main expanses of the Eurasian Steppe. the western steppe spans from Central Asia to eastern Europe. It was the original home of the Hittites and the Aryans . The eastern steppe, covering the area of present day Mongolia, was the first home of the Turks, Huns, and the Mongols. See also Steppe Grassland Great Alf ld Little Alf ld Great Steppe Central Asia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Siberia Category Asia Category Central Asia Category Ecoregions he uk ... more details
and the Pontic Caspian steppe to the south. It extends from Romania in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east. The Kazakh forest steppe lies east of the Urals, between the West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests and the Kazakh steppe . Altai montane forests and forest steppe South Siberian forest steppe Selenge Orkhon forest steppe The Daurian forest steppe lies between the Trans ... to the south. Zagros Mountains forest steppe Elburz Range forest steppe Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe Kuhrud Kohbanan Mountains forest steppe Aspen parkland Canadian Aspen forests and parklands ... Steppe Category Ecoregions of the United States Category Ecoregions Category Forests Category ... stub be x old cs Lesostep et Metsastepp eo Arbarostepo fr Steppe bois e kk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Barabinsk steppe.jpg right thumb 300px Baraba steppe as seen from the window of the Trans Siberian railway . The Baraba steppe , also known as Barabinsk steppe , Lang ru , is a grassland steppe and wooded flat plain situated in western Siberia . The steppe has an area of 117,000 km and stretches between the Irtysh and the Ob River s. Barabinsk is the largest city on the steppe. The Baraba steppe also contains an important Russia n agricultural district. Coord missing Russia DEFAULTSORT Baraba Steppe Category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Category Grasslands of Russia Category Natural history of Siberia Siberia geo stub de Barabasteppe fr Steppe de Baraba it Steppa di Barabinsk lt Barabos emuma no Den barabinske steppe nn Barabasteppa pl Nizina Barabi ska ru uk zh ... more details
A steppe belt is a contiguous phytogeographic region of predominantly grassland steppe , which has common characteristics in soil , climate , vegetation and fauna . ref name nato A forest steppe belt is a region of forest steppe . The largest steppe and forest steppe belt is the Eurasian steppe belt which stretches from Central Europe via Ukraine , southern Russia , northern Central Asia , southern Siberia , into Mongolia and China , ref name nato Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Held in St. Petersburg, 15 18 November 2003 , ISBN 1402026544, http books.google.com books?id DjCt6 9tDI0C&pg PR11&dq 22steppe belt 22&lr pp. xi xii ref often called the Great Steppe . The term steppe belt may also be applied to some Montane grasslands and shrublands grassland zones in biogeographical zoning of mountains . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Steppe Belt Category Grasslands Category Biogeography topography stub ... more details
File Chuja steppe.jpg thumb 300px Steppe landscape The Chuya Steppe in the Siberian Altai Mountains is a depression formed by tectonic movement of major faults in the Earths crust. The name Chuya Steppe comes from the large river which runs through the steppe , the Chuya River . Major Towns Kosh Agac is a major town in the north of the steppe. Other large towns include Chaganuzun and Beltir . Geology The Chuya Steppe is filled with Cenozoic sediments, derived from the surrounding mountains of the Chuya Range Chuya Alps . Seismicity In September 2003, a major earthquake occurred in the Chuya Steppe which caused regional devastation. Major movement considered to have occurred on the Chuya thrust fault caused this earthquake, of magnitude 7.3. The USGS estimates that this caused 10.6 million damage. Siberia geo stub Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 coord 49 55 N 88 30 E type waterbody source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Grasslands of Russia Category Geography of Siberia Category Natural history of Siberia Category Depressions of Russia Category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ka nl Tsjoejasteppe pl Step Czujski ru uk ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 All plot date April 2011 Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Endless Steppe author Esther Hautzig U.S. language English language English publisher henry release date 1968 media type Print Hardcover, Hardback & Paperback The Endless Steppe 1968 is a book by Esther Hautzig , describing her and her family s exile to Siberia during Second World War World War II . DEFAULTSORT Endless Steppe Category 1968 books Category World War II books ... more details
The Bugeac steppe is located in the south of Moldova from the Dnister to Prut rivers reaching down to the Black Sea . It s the biggest steppe in Moldova and site of the foundation of most of the country s ethnic minority colonies. ref http www.tur.md eng inboundtours Welcome to Moldova Bot generated title ref Bugeac Steppe has a total surface of 3,210 km , of which 6.1 is forest. ref http www.biotica moldova.org ECO NET part6 2 2.htm Concept of National Ecological Network of the Republic of Moldova Bot generated title ref References reflist coord missing Moldova Category Grasslands of Moldova Category Landforms of Moldova Moldova geo stub nn Budzjaksteppa ... more details
Refimprove date August 2008 Merge to Alpine tundra date June 2011 The alpine steppe ecoregion is a high altitude natural grassland , in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome . The alpine steppe receives very little rainfall. Example The Tibetan plateau is one example of an alpine steppe. ref http www.nationalgeographic.com wildworld profiles terrestrial pa pa1002.html National Geographic Wild World Ecoregion Profile Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe PA1002 ref It has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters and receives, on average, 25 to 50 mm ref http www.koreanhistoryproject.org Jta Ch ChWX0.htm Korean History Project Journey to Asia China ref of rain per year. ref Tibet , Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 26, page 718, 1998 ref See also Ecoregion Grasses Grassland Montane grasslands and shrublands biome References reflist Category Montane grasslands and shrublands Category Ecoregions Category Grasslands Ecology stub ... more details
Moldavian Plateau B l i Steppe lang ro Stepa B l ului , also Beltsy Steppe lang ru is a hilly ... winters. The B l i Steppe has a total surface of 1,920 km , 2.7 per cent 51 km of it are forests ... richness of the northern Moldavian region became known as B l i steppe only in the beginning of the last century. Span and topography As a geographic area B l i steppe is one of the three components ... the name, B l i steppe is not a flatland, but a region dotted with hills. In Moldova, B l i steppe, 1,920 km 2, and Middle Prut Valley , 2,930 km 2 are sometimes together referred to as Moldavian ... B l i steppe, because the three regions have an identical relief and natural vegetation. To make the things even more complicated, in Moldova sometimes B l i steppe and Middle Prut Valley are lumped together into one term, B l i steppe. Together, they cover the municipality of B l i , the districts .... The waters of the B l i steppe fall into the R ut river, while those of the Middle Prut Valley fall into the Prut river. B l i steppe has altitudes of cca. 200m, lower than the surrounding Central ... are characterized by deep gorges, and the terms plain and steppe are employed to denote the fact that the area ... The traditional natural vegetation of this area of smooth hills was forest steppe . Nowadays, however, it is intensely farmed, and thus is rendered as a steppe . The region is a traditional agricultural ... dominates traditional vegetation, deciduous forests , and occasionally the forest steppe s. Region s wildlife .... A traditional horse breeding area, in the last century B l i steppe has specialized in livestock cows ... moistening of B l i steppe. ref cite web title The productivity of winter barley varieties in the conditions of unstable moistening of B l i steppe publisher Selectia , Research Institute of Field ... October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Poets and personalities about B l i Steppe In the 5th century BC, Herodotus ... natural resources of Moldavia B l i steppe always attracted nomads. Fleeing their devastating incursions ... more details
Image Mongolia Ger.jpg thumb 200px 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 ... . The steppe has connected Europe , Central Asia , China , South Asia , and the Middle East economically ... The World Wildlife Fund divides the Euro Asian Steppe s temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ... habitat ecosystem s. Alai Western Tian Shan steppe Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Altai steppe and semi desert Kazakhstan Daurian forest steppe China, Mongolia, Russia Emin Valley steppe China, Kazakhstan Kazakh forest steppe Kazakhstan, Russia Kazakh steppe Kazakhstan, Russia Kazakh upland Kazakhstan Mongolian Manchurian grassland China, Mongolia, Russia Pontic steppe Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine Sayan Intermontane steppe Russia Selenge Orkhon forest steppe Mongolia, Russia South Siberian forest steppe Russia Tian Shan foothill arid steppe China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Divisions ... Tarim Basin at the center of the map. The Eurasian Steppe extends from near the mouth of the Danube .... The steppe narrows at two points, dividing it into three major parts. Ural Caspian The Ural Mountains ... west trade. The Tarim Basin formed an island of near civilization in the center of the steppe. To the south ... . Image Pontic Caspian climate.png thumb 150px The Russian Steppe Russian Steppe The Russian Steppe ... steppe which has now been obliterated by the conversion of the whole area to agriculture. In the southeast the Pontic Caspian steppe extends between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea to the Caucasus Mountains . In the west, the Great Hungarian Plain is an island of steppe separated from the main steppe by the mountains of Transylvania . North of the Black Sea, the Crimea n peninsula has some interior steppe and ports on the south coast which link the Russian steppe to the civilizations of the Mediterranean ... thumb right The Kazakh Steppe in the north with the Tarim Basin Takhlamakan and Dzungaria Kazakh Steppe ... more details
expert subject Ecology date December 2009 Image Sagebrush.jpg right 240px sagebrush Shrub steppe is a type of low rainfall natural grassland . Shrub steppes are distinguishable from deserts, which are too dry to support a noticeable cover of perennial grasses or other shrubs, while the shrub steppe has sufficient moisture levels to support a cover of perennial grasses and or shrubs. North America The shrub steppes of North America occur in the Western United States and Western Canada , in the rainshadow zone between the Pacific Coast Ranges , Cascade Range Cascades , and Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada on the west, and the Rocky Mountains on the east. They extend from south central British Columbia down into southeastern Washington U.S. state Washington , eastern Oregon , and eastern California , and across through Idaho , Nevada , and Utah into western Wyoming and western Colorado , and down into northern and central New Mexico and northern Arizona . Growth is primarily low lying shrubs, such as sagebrush . Shrub steppe ecoregions of North America include Great Basin shrub steppe sagebrush steppe in eastern California , central Nevada , western Utah , and southeastern Idaho . Mojave Desert sky island sagebrush steppe the Mojave sky island s with pinyon juniper woodland in southeastern California and small portions of southern Nevada , southwestern Utah , and northwestern Arizona . Colorado Plateau shrubland s western Colorado , northern and central New Mexico , northern Arizona , and eastern Utah Eastern Cascade Range Cascades shrub steppe including the Columbia Basin in south central Washington U.S. state Washington , eastern Oregon , northeastern California , northern Nevada , central Idaho . Wyoming Basin shrub steppe in central Wyoming , reaching into south central Montana , northeastern Utah , southwestern Idaho , and northwestern Colorado . Okanagan shrub steppe ... Sagebrush steppe Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands External links http www.pnl.gov ... more details
Infobox Person name Harry Steppe birthname Abraham Stepner image image size caption birth date March ... name amerburl1967 Harry Steppe born Abraham Stepner , March 16, 1888 ref name WWIdraft1917 November ... and Harry Steppe, one of the few remaining old time Jewish comedians in burlesque, lead the contingent ... of actor Harry Steppe , Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file, on file with The New York ..., Pg. 203. ISBN 0028645731 Notes Citation for J.B. Earley, Composer and Harry Steppe, Librettist. Songs ..., et al., 1930, v.51 52, pg. 36. Excerpt In fact, Harry Steppe, one of the leading burlesque comedians ... DiVider, Biff Clark, Sam Dawson, Nalter McManus and Harry Steppe ref ref name reedysmirror1916 ... The Girls from the Follies With Harry Steppe in the Two Act Musical Burlesque Cohen on the East Side. ref Steppe performed at several well known theaters on the Columbia, ref name bridtele19250825 ... Harry Steppe, who originated the famous Lemon Bit ...It was the Lemon Bit that Bud had done with Harry Steppe. When Bud and Lou crossed paths in burlesque in the mid 1930s, Bud staged the routine ... shows Bud would do skits with Dad Lou that he had done with Harry Steppe a very clever Jewish comedian ..., Page 18. Excerpt Costello played opposite a variety of comics, including Harry Steppe... ref ref ... as Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson. ref Harry introduced Bud to Lou Costello in 1934. Early life Born in Russia to Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Jewish parents, Steppe emigrated from Moscow to the United ... Record Search , Ellis Island Foundation. Retrieved 16 Jan 2008. ref Steppe became a naturalized ... Index 1792 1906 and 1907 1989 ref ref name UScensus1900 Steppe s father was a tailor. ref name UScensus1900 ... One of Steppe s brothers was named Harry ref name UScensus1900 but it is not known if this was an inspiration for part of Steppe s stage name. Steppe lived in Newark, New Jersey ref name WWIdraft1917 ... Press, May 2, 1915, Page 41. ref At the age of 29, Steppe claimed an exemption from the draft for World ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image TuleHorses.JPG thumb Feral horses run across a Sagebrush steppe, Tule Valley , Utah The sagebrush steppe is a type of shrub steppe , which is a dry xeric environment and plant community found in the Western United States and western Canada . It can be identified by the sagebrush plant sagebrush Artemisia tridentata shrubs, and short bunchgrass es that grow in it. The Sagebrush step name comes from the most dominant plant found in the ecosystem, the sagebrush and steppe , which describes a largely treeless, dry, level grassland . The sagebrush steppe overlaps the channeled scablands of eastern Washington state. See also Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion Northern Basin and Range ecoregion Central Basin and Range ecoregion Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome Deserts and xeric shrublands biome Basin and Range Province Sagebrush Cooperative DEFAULTSORT Sagebrush Steppe Category Plants by habitat Category Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States Category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands in the United States Category Flora of Western Canada Category Flora of the Northwestern United States Category Flora of the Southwestern United States Category Flora of the Great Basin desert region Category Flora of the California desert regions Category Flora of Oregon Category Flora of Nevada Category Flora of New Mexico Category Grasslands of Canada Category Grasslands of the United States Category Grasslands of California Category Plant communities of California Category Basin and Range Province Ecoregion stub ... more details
File Prokudin Gorskii 18.jpg thumb Nomadic Kyrgyz family on the Golodnaya Steppe in Uzbekistan photograph by S. M. Prokudin Gorskii Golodnaya Steppe lang uz Mirzacho l is a loess plain of some 10,000 km sup 2 sup on the left bank of Syr Darya in Uzbekistan , extending from the mouth of Ferghana Valley on the border with Tajikistan to the east across Sirdarya Province Syrdarya Province and the northern part of Jizzakh Province to the west. To the south it is bounded by Turkestan Range . Geographically Golodnaya Steppe is a south eastern extension of the Kyzyl Kum desert, with about 240 mm of annual precipitation and extreme continental climate average temperatures from 28 C in July to 2 C in January . ref http bse.sci lib.com article011365.html Big Soviet Encyclopedia , on line edition, in Russian. ref Efforts that began as early as the end of the 19th century gradually transformed the Golodnaya Steppe from a desert into an intensively irrigated agricultural area, today one of the major cotton and grain producing regions of Uzbekistan with around 500,000 hectares of irrigated land under cultivation. ref Agricultural of Uzbekistan 2006 , statistical yearbook, Goskomstat Uzbekistana, Tashkent, 2007. ref Three main canals constructed in the 1950s and the 1960s bring water to Golodnaya Steppe farms. These are the north south Central and Northern Canals and the east west South Golodnaya Steppe Canal. Guliston and Yangier , both in Sirdarya Province Syrdarya Province , are the main population centers in Golodnaya Steppe. References reflist coord missing Uzbekistan Category Geography of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan geo stub et N ljastepp kk lt Alkanoji step pl Step G odowy ru uk ... more details
File .JPG thumb Kalmyk Steppe Kalmuk Steppe , or Kalmyk Steppe is a steppe of approximately 100,000 km , bordering the northwest Caspian Sea , bounded by the Volga on the N.E., the Manych on the S.W. and the territory of the Don Cossacks on the N.W. The historic home to the Kalmuck or Kalmyk Kalmyk people Tatars , it is in the Federal subjects of Russia Federal subject of Astrakhan Oblast . The western Kalmuck Steppe occupied by the Ergeni hills, is deeply trenched by ravines and rises 300 and occasionally 630 ft. above the sea. It is built up of Tertiary deposits, belonging to the Sarmatian division of the Miocene period and covered with bess and black earth, and its escarpments represent the old shore line of the Caspian Sea Caspian . No Caspian deposits are found on or within the Ergeni hills. These hills exhibit the usual black earth flora, and they have a settled population. The eastern part of the steppe is a plain, lying for the most part 30 to 40 ft. below the level of the sea, and sloping gently towards the Volga. Post Pliocene Aral Caspian deposits, containing the usual fossils Hydrobia, Neritina, eight species of Cardium, two of Dreissena, three of Adacna and Lithoglyp zus caspius , attain thicknesses varying from 105 ft. to 7 or 10 ft., and disappear in places. Lacustrine and fluviatile deposits occur intermingled with the above. Large areas of moving sands exist near Enotayevsk, where high dunes or barkhans have been formed. A narrow tract of land along the coast of the Caspian, known as The Hillocks of Baer , is covered with hillocks elongated from west to east, perpendicularly to the coast line, the spaces between them being filled with water ..., the steppe had an estimated population of 130,000 persons, living in over 27,700 kibitkas, or felt ... Steppe in 1884 1885 St Petersburg, 1894, in Russian Kostenkovs works 1868 1870 and other works ... Eurasian steppe Category Grasslands of Russia Category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ... more details
in Altyn Emeil National Park. The Kazakh Steppe or Kirghiz Steppe ecoregion , of the Palearctic ... Kazakhstan and adjacent portions of Russia , extending to the east of the Pontic steppe and to the west of the Emin Valley steppe , with which it forms part of the Eurasian steppe . Setting The steppe ... Sea , all the way to the Altai Mountains . It is the largest dry steppe region on earth, covering approximately 804,500 square kilometers. The Kazakh Steppe lies at the southern end of the Ural Mountains , the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia . Much of the steppe is considered to be semi ... part of the steppe, but elevation increases as one travels east or to the northern parts of the steppe, with a few exceptions. The Pontic Steppe lies to the west and northwest. To the north and northeast of the Kazakh Steppe lies the Kazakh forest steppe , an ecoregion of pine groves interspersed with grasslands that forms a transition between the Kazakh steppe and the forests of Siberia. To the south ... central Kazakhstan harbors an enclave of the Kazakh upland, distinct from the Kazakh steppe which ... BSk classification under the K ppen climate classification system. The steppe receives from ... areas of the steppe. Average temperatures in July range from 20C to 26C, and 12C to 18C ... Flora Because of low rainfall, the steppe has few trees, and consists of mostly grassland s and large ... , Siberian Roe Deer , wolve s, fox es and badger s. People The western part of the Kazakh Steppe ... approximately 7,360 square kilometers in the southern region of the steppe for the world s oldest ... in the Kazakh Steppe. See also Saryarka Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan West Siberian Plain ... terrestrial pa pa0810.html Kazakh steppe National Geographic http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial pa pa0810 full.html Kazakh steppe World Wildlife Fund Saudi Aramco World ... mb trips kazak jj 0204.html Map of the Kazakh Steppe, http edcintl.cr.usgs.gov carbon cycle ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Steppe Pika image status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. year 2008 id 15052 title Ochotona pusilla downloaded 10 April 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern. ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Lagomorpha familia Ochotonidae genus Ochotona species O. pusilla binomial Ochotona pusilla binomial authority Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1769 synonyms range map Steppe Pika area.png range map caption Steppe Pika range The Steppe Pika Ochotona pusilla is a species of mammal in the Ochotonidae family. It is found in Kazakhstan and Russia . Its natural habitat is temperate grassland . It is threatened by habitat loss . References reflist Lagomorpha O. lagomorph stub Category Pikas br Pika ar stepenno ca Pica d estepa es Ochotona pusilla eu Ochotona pusilla fr Ochotona pusilla it Ochotona pusilla kk mt Pika tal isteppa ja pl Szczekuszka malutka pt Ochotona pusilla ru sv Dv rgpiphare ... more details
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