Editing Steppe (section)

== Human impact ==
Humans have severe impacts on their environments. Among many examples the following two give only an impression.

* The formation of the forest steppe of Eastern Europe in the fourth millennium BC appeared in the context of the [[Cucuteni–Trypillia culture|Trypillia culture]] and very probably, the economy of this culture with its large settlements contributed to the process.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kirleis |first=Wiebke |last2=Corso |first2=Marta Dal |last3=Pashkevych |first3=Galyna |last4=Schlütz |first4=Frank |last5=Hofmann |first5=Robert |last6=Terna |first6=Andreea |last7=Dreibrodt |first7=Stefan |last8=Rud |first8=Vitalii |last9=Videiko |first9=Mykhailo Y. |last10=Müller |first10=Johannes |date=2024-01-01 |title=A complex subsistence regime revealed for Cucuteni–Trypillia sites in Chalcolithic eastern Europe based on new and old macrobotanical data |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00334-023-00936-y |journal=Vegetation History and Archaeobotany |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=75–90 |doi=10.1007/s00334-023-00936-y |issn=1617-6278}}</ref>
* The formation of the [[Błędów Desert]] in Poland in the Middle Ages was certainly man-made.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecology of a Mining Town: Evolution of Environment, Society and Economy from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period |url=https://www.roots-compass.org/welcome?project=23 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.roots-compass.org}}</ref>

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Naadam rider 2.jpg| Steppe in [[Mongolia]]
Steppe of western Kazakhstan in the early spring.jpg| Steppe in [[Kazakhstan]]
Чубовская степь.JPG|Steppe in [[Russia]]
Hortobágy.jpg|Steppe in [[Hungary]]
Patagonian plains argentina.jpg|Cold [[Patagonia]]n steppe near [[Fitz Roy]], Argentina
Prairie Alberta.jpg|Prairie in [[Alberta]], Canada
2013-07-04 15 37 14 Sagebrush-steppe along U.S. Route 93 in central Elko County in Nevada.jpg|[[Sagebrush steppe]] in northeastern [[Nevada]] ([[U.S. Route 93 in Nevada|U.S. Route 93]])
West Texas Hwy 302 west of NoTrees.jpg| Steppe in [[West Texas]]
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