Badlands

Bad·lands also Bad Lands  (bdlndz)

A heavily eroded arid region of southwest South Dakota and northwest Nebraska. The Badlands National Monument in South Dakota was established in 1939 to protect the area's colorful rock formations and prehistoric fossils.

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bad·lands  (bdlndz)

pl.n.

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

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badlands [ˈbædˌlændz]

pl n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) any deeply eroded barren area

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	badlands - deeply eroded barren land             plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one land, soil, ground - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
	2.	Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska Bad Lands Cornhusker State, Nebraska, NE - a midwestern state on the Great Plains Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, SD, South Dakota - a state in north central United States

Translations

badlands [ˈbædlændz] NPL (US) → tierras fpl malas región yerma, esp en los estados de Nebraska y Dakota del Sur

badlands

pl → Ödland nt