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‖ tundra|ˈtʌndrə, ˈtʊn-|
Also toondra, toundra.
[a. Lap. tundra.]
One of the vast, nearly level, treeless regions which make up the greater part of the north of Russia, resembling the steppes farther south, but with arctic climate and vegetation. Also applied to similar regions in Siberia and Alaska.
1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 458/1 The most northern part of Siberia is a low plain, called the Tundra. The surface is nearly a dead level, and quite destitute of trees. 1861H. Macmillan Footnotes fr. Page Nat. 93 In the vast sandy plains called by the Laplanders tundra, which border on the Arctic ocean. 1889G. F. Wright Ice Age in N. Amer. 32 Much of the region north of St. Elias, Alaska, is now covered with tundra.
attrib.1894Outing (U.S.) XXIII. 388/1 In the far north⁓west, the vast tundra plains, bordering upon the Arctic Ocean. 1894Daily News 24 July 5/4 Russian traders and inhabitants of the polar tundra zone. 1901H. Seebohm Birds Siberia xiv. 119 A swampy, hummocky strip of tundra land. |