See also:

• STEPPE (from the Russ. stepi, a waste)

STEPPE (from the Russ. stepi, a See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste)  , the name given to the level treeless plains in certain parts of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, and thence sometimes, though not commonly, extended, in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, to signify similar plains elsewhere . The name is most commonly applied specifically to the plains in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and in the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Russia, and in this connexion the See also:

• TERM

term sometimes connotes semi-See also:

• DESERT

desert conditions . Otherwise the Russian See also:

• STEPPES

steppes may be considered as kindred to and connected with the Heiden (heaths) of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany .