Badlands

Word BADLANDS
Character 8
Hyphenation bad lands
Pronunciations /ˈbæd.lændz/

Definitions and meanings of "Badlands"

What do we mean by badlands?

Barren land characterized by roughly eroded ridges, peaks, and mesas. noun plural

Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by cañons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks. noun

An eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska noun

An eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska noun

Deeply eroded barren land noun

An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

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The word "badlands" in example sentences

On the wall next to the door, instead of a nameplate, there was an ink and pen drawing, two inches by three inches, of a small piece of the U.S. map, with the word badlands written in the middle. ❋ Linda Fairstein (2001)

Known as the badlands because of their barrenness, the small rolling hills around the ranch were composed of disintegrating sandy silts and clay shales. ❋ Laurie Lisle (1986)

As I sit here in my luckily obtained front row seat, I am blown away by scenes of Vash's trademark shinanagens with the accompanying crew of Milly, Meryl and Nick Wolfwood in what is appropriately called a badlands rumble. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Humans cleared the land of its natural vegetation and the badlands are the result. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A little below Afghanistan lies Pakistan's tribal zones, the so-called badlands of Pakistan, a sovereign country that has just given the boot to Pervez Musharraf, a military strongman and president once considered friendly to US interests. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Does that mean we simply have to allow terrorists to operate there, in kind of badlands, where they can plan, they can set up laboratories, they can experiment with chemical weapons and with biological weapons? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The black-tailed prairie dogs that live in South Dakota's "badlands" are those under the greatest threat and controversy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was as recently as late June – two months ago – that we were writing on this blog that Al Amarah in the southern, British sector of Iraq had become the "badlands". ❋ Richard (2006)

In fact, scientists are currently debating the high probability that the intense erosion process that formed the ecoregional "badlands" was provoked by the geologic instability of the region. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here, we know that, when the attack occurred last August, al Amarah had acquired the reputation of the "badlands", and British troops were under constant, heavy attack. ❋ Richard (2007)

Afghanistan might make it with large tracts of "badlands" where outlaws still control, but might is a long way from certainty. ❋ Unknown (2004)

ZAHN: Well, Eric "badlands" Booker, keep yourself hydrated. ❋ Unknown (2002)

It has extensive "badlands," so-called because of steep slopes and gullies that engulf the land and everything on it. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The area was named the "badlands" by tribes and early explorers because the terrain was so difficult to travel through. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The team also selected certain features of the planet itself that it wanted to focus on, including environments such as badlands or temperate zones, as well as architecture that ranges from rustic to hyper-urban. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 2001 hundreds of al Qaeda slipped over the fluid border into Pakistan, crossing through Zazi, to the 'badlands' of Pakistan's Waziristan province, which continue to be insurgent hotbeds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Known as the "badlands", many feel this region resembles something more like mars or the moon where strange land formations rise up on all sides. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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