ETYM From Russ. stepe, through German or French steppe.
(Homonym: step).
Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
The temperate grasslands of Europe and Asia. Sometimes the term refers to other temperate grasslands and semiarid desert edges.
Pustinja.
Velika, pusta i suva ravnica u Rusiji, sa travama i biljkama koje mogu da podnose sušu.