mid-latitude steppe
1Steppe — In physical geography, a steppe (German [http://www.answers.com/steppe r=67] , from ru. степь IPA ru|sʲtʲepʲ a flat and arid land , uk. степ IPA|/stɛp/, mn. тал tal, kk. дала IPA|/dɑlɑ/), pronounced in English as IPA|/stɛp/, is a grassland plain… …
2climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
3Brandon, Manitoba — Infobox city official name = City of Brandon, Manitoba nickname = The Wheat City motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = The Riverbank Discovery Centre image mapsize = 205px map caption = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = Canada… …
4Precipitation (meteorology) — Long term mean precipitation by month In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under… …
5Köppen climate classification — The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Koppen climate classification. Updated Köppen–Geiger climate map[1] …
6Climate — For other uses, see Climate (disambiguation). Worldwide Climate Classifications Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature …
7South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …
8Grassland — This article is about vegetation and landscape. For other uses, see Grassland (disambiguation). Greensward redirects here. For park plan, see Central Park …
9Mauritania — Mauritanian, adj., n. /mawr i tay nee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958 66; independent 1960.… …
10Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… …
