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Verte, la steppe? Agriculture et environnement en Asie centrale

Etudes Rurales. 2017. Vol. 200. P. 64–79.
Elie M., Ferret C.

La steppe est une formation biogéographique constituée de vastes étendues herbeuses,
caractérisées par un relief peu accentué et un climat continental marqué par l’aridité.
Distincte de la prairie par une densité et une hauteur moindres du couvert végétal,
composé de graminées et de quelques rares plantes ligneuses, elle est présente dans les
Amériques du Nord et du Sud et en Afrique australe, mais elle couvre surtout une
bonne partie de l’Eurasie centrale, d’où son nom, qui vient du russe step’1.

Elle y forme une large bande quasiment continue, fragmentée par quelques massifs
montagneux, depuis le nord de la Mer noire jusqu’à l’Extrême-Orient, bordée au nord
par la steppe boisée qui succède à la taïga suivant un axe nord-sud, et au sud par la
steppe semi-désertique qui précède le désert. Sa platitude et son dénuement y étendent
considérablement la portée du regard. La steppe a souvent été comparée à l’océan2, en
raison de son immensité, de l’horizontalité du paysage, de l’absence de repère, de la
dangerosité du milieu,

Research target: Social and Economic Geography (including Urban and Transportation Studies) Earth Sciences History and Archeology Other Humanities
Language: French
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Keywords: КазахстанЦентральная АзияCentral AsiaKazakhstanэкологическая историяenvironmental history
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