Talk:Steppe

message: I just looked at the article called steppe-tundra, it is misleading and should NOT be merged with Steppe. Steppe is is used for thing and Tundra for another. 
--Son_of_the_Tundra 12:22, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Steppe-Tundra 

message: Merriam Webster gives the pronounciation as 'step. This is what I've always heard used. Albrecht 23:23, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Note on pronounciation

message: It should be included that there are 2 types of steppe: the tropical (wet) steppe and temperate steppes (e.g. Russian steppes). Also, a map on this is needed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.244.192.17 (talk) 14:13, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  2 types of steppe 

message: I took these out of the article, because I don't think they add a whole lot. I think the photos give better representations of what steppes really look like, and I added the one of Patagonia. Cadwaladr (talk) 05:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Paintings

message: In the 2nd paragraph, it says "and in winter, –40 °C (–40 °F)."
I'm sure this can't be right seeing as -40c is well below freezing and -40f is not.  Someone might want to fix this.  :)
:-40f is indeed well below freezing (freezing is +32f), and is indeed equal to -40c, so it's probably correct. W. P. Uzer (talk) 08:08, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Temperature Conversion 

message: The article provides basics of definition and location, but I think could do with more on the ecology of what maintains steppe (grazing? natural fires?), and associated animal and plant life.  The corresponding article on prairie seems more informative.  --Cedderstk 11:27, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested expansion 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used in this page has been nominated for speedy deletion 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: The opening sentence now reads:
:In physical geography, a steppe (Russian: степь, IPA: [stʲepʲ]) is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. 
Where is the ecoregion?  It seems to be in any one of several biomes.  How many types of biomes are there?  Are there just two biomes—biomes whose components are montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, and biomes whose components are savannas and shrublands? Or are there four—montane grassland biomes, shrubland biomes, temperate grassland biomes, and savanna biomes?  Are all the biomes characterized by grassland plains?  
The problem is that it isn't clear what in governs, because use of the plurals in grasslands, shrublands, grasslands, savannas, and shrublands makes them appear to be the objects of in, but once you read biomes, those plural nouns appear to be noun modifiers of biomes, in which case in ultimately governs biomes.   
The best revision would be on in which grassland and shrubland appeared only once, and in which no noun phrase modifies biome. Wordwright (talk) 23:47, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear opening sentence 

message: The image in the article titled "Steppe in Ukraine" actually shows a wheat field. 'Steppe' refers primarily to dry grassland, not cultivated soils or plains. StonerLemonBlues (talk) 18:08, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ukraine steppe image