The Kuban steppe is one of the major
steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the tropical and subtropica ...
s in
Europe
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, located in southeastern
Russia
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between the city of
Rostov on Don
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of th ...
and the
Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains
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. The Kuban steppe is the historic home of the
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borde ...
.
ReferencesThe Kuban Steppe
External links
Plains of Russia
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