| Show TREELESS REGIONS THE of asia are etro tho the grandest of 0 at all in extent and perhaps tho the most varied iu in character for not fiot only are am tho the vast vait irona ef cf that nearly level nod and treeless crime country t ry which lio long didong tho the northern and northwestern ride aide of alt all the great central elevated mons of that usual ii no 04 step pe but a large sort pnra of that central region itself in describe under tb at name by recent eminent geographical authorities so 10 that wo we may include in the various vario nii forms of 0 steppe existing eting in russia rome and central asia tho the gr coteron plains of if tho the lower regi ODA AM nod athe tho almost on en barren valleys lying between the various mountain ranges which aro are piled filled tip over so BO loreo larce a portion of high asim anio absence of items IA the essential folklore iti in both the 11 steppe and the high AS a those regions have bavo been nod and rally per hoam with propriety prop noty bo be designated but the lower regions tire oro in large covered with frass and suitable Bint ablo for occupation by a pastoral people dependent chiefly for the means of on their flocks and herds while tho the higher vaaloa are almost uninhabitable very sparsely covered with a shrubby vegetation nail aud both too cold and too dry to offer any attractions except to the adventurous or who han hall still much to accomplish on the threat great central plateau ot of I 1 ligh high asia before boford it topo tape glasby dod and natural history iu ill havo have been anything like satisfactorily rundo out a oon on in their most general features fc aturo the vant taht of the area which may be designated us as steppe on tho the asiatic continent is almost overwhelming helming nearly half calfot of the eighteen million square miles which asia cove cevora rs IIII 1111 essentially a treeless region find and per perhaps bals a a halt half of that halt half belongs to the high steppe divi division siou la in which cold and are ili characteristics from the fact that tho the steppes or of russian aia have been lodger known cud and mor mors s vi atten nit than any others othorn in tho the world tho the term teppe has bo been most moat ordinarily implied applied to atom freaa in ia other this IF the case because such a use ufa a 0 the word line been sanctioned unction od by humboldt who she was tho the fikiet to draw popular attention to this variety of surface ns As a feature ol of importance in physical geography jn in north america where tho the treeless regions occupy to 0 o large inage an aroa area and where many of the iho physical conditions me 0 o closely resoluble prevailing on tile anadio con fluent tho the we use ot of tho the torin term steppe boa baa never been introduced nine 1 abo 0 p people e r tho her cicro 0 in fact the 0 31 of tho 0 bui u taco 0 and distribution of vegetation over it ILI ft well as aa lla its climatological built ou all been moro more well folly MR inada dc out eban in ili agin in of tho the fact that tho the latter country hug has been so much longer an n object ot of study ca am journal |
