Converse of object

• cross: Italian Illustrated: Carpini and Mongols crossing the Russian steppe.

• roam: These had spawned many warrior tribes, notably the Huns who roamed this steppe with impunity.

• flood: We walked a couple of miles out across the flooded steppe.

• begin: Further east is the Hortobágy National Park, the ' Hungarian Puszta ' , the alkali plains which begin the Asian steppes.

Adjective modifier

• Mongolian: The five members of a sheep herding family lead a life far removed from modern civilization in the endless expanse of the Mongolian steppe.

• Siberian: I have often seen the temperature in the Siberian steppes fall to more than forty degrees below freezing point!

• Eurasian: The people who had lived in booths in the desert, or Eurasian steppes, were Iranians.

• arid: This remote and arid steppe across which Ghengis Khan marched his vast army, was once the haunt of nomadic farmers.

• Russian: Members of this genus are common on arid soils of the western United States and of the Russian steppes.

• Asian: We left the bustle of central China as we drove west into the central Asian steppes.

Modifies a noun

• nomad: By these means, the steppe nomads were welded into a single ' Mongol ' people ( pp.

• grassland: This is the Hortobágy, an ancient flood-plain that contains not only steppe grasslands, but also a chain of wetlands of international importance.

• bird: The rest of us spent the morning in search of steppe birds.

• country: They probably came from the steppe country to the south of the Euphrates.

• area: This tour explores the best of these habitats and also the excellent coastal wetland and steppe areas in the southeast part of the country.

• specie: This area of high plateau is very underwatched but contains a healthy population of Dupont's Lark and other steppe species.

Noun used with modifier

• desert: The country ranges from forested savannah in the southwest to open grasslands and the desert steppes of the north.

• grassland: From the mountains we head south to an area of arid grassland steppe and striking red rocky landscapes.

• salt: Crimean Terrain Crimea as described by Bidermann ( 2000 ): The northern part of the Crimean peninsular is a large salt steppe.