Mary Allen
ʻO kahi steppe kekahi ʻano o ka ʻāina. Mai ka Lūkini mai ka huaʻōlelo a ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi mea e like me "kahi i kūkulu ʻole ʻia" a i ʻole "kahi lāʻau ʻole". Ulu ka mauʻu ma ka steppe ma kahi o nā lāʻau. Ua uhi ʻia kekahi steppes i ka mauʻu kiʻekiʻe, ʻo kekahi me nā mauʻu haʻahaʻa. Aia nō naʻe nā mosses, lichens, a me nā kumu lāʻau haʻahaʻa e like me ka heather.
ʻAʻole ulu nā lāʻau i nā steppes no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa ka ua. Pono nā lāʻau i ka wai nui. Ke ua ʻoi aku ka ua ma mua o ka maʻamau, ʻike ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kumu lāʻau. Aia nō naʻe ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka ululāʻau steppe, me kēlā me kēia "mokupuni" o nā ululāʻau liʻiliʻi. I kekahi manawa ʻaʻohe kumulāʻau no ka mea ʻino loa ka lepo a mauna paha.
ʻO ka hapa nui o Steppes i ka ea, e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ma ʻEulopa. ʻOʻoleʻa ka wā, i ka hoʻoilo a ke anuanu i ka pō. ʻOi aku ka pili o kekahi mau steppes i nā ʻōpika a ua nui ka ua. Akā, no ka mehana loa ma laila, ehu hou ka wai.
Aia ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAsia ka steppe nui loa o ka honua. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "the great steppe". Mai ka Austrian Burgenland, holo loa ia i Rusia a hiki i ka ʻākau o Kina. He steppe ka pā kula ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
He aha ka maikaʻi o nā steppes?
ʻO Steppes kahi noho no nā holoholona like ʻole. Aia nā ʻano antelope, pronghorn, a me nā ʻano llamas kūikawā hiki ke noho wale i ka steppe. ʻO ka bufalo, ʻo ia hoʻi ka bison ma ʻAmelika, he mau holoholona steppe maʻamau. Eia kekahi, nui nā ʻīlio ʻokoʻa e noho ana ma lalo o ka lepo, e like me nā ʻīlio prairie ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
I kēia mau lā, mālama ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā bipi nui ma ka steppe. ʻO kēia mau mea he bufalo, bipi, lio, hipa, kao, a me nā kāmelo. Ma nā wahi he nui, lawa ka wai e kanu ai i ke kulina a i ʻole ka palaoa. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka palaoa i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma ka honua i kēia lā mai nā steppes o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻEulopa, a me Asia.
He mea nui no hoi ka mauu. I kēia manawa i ka Pōhaku, ua mahi ke kanaka i ka palaoa i kēia lā mai kekahi mau ʻano o lākou. No laila, lawe mau nā kānaka i nā hua nui a lūlū hou. Me ka ʻole o ka steppe, e nele ana mākou i kahi hapa nui o kā mākou meaʻai i kēia lā.