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badlands

[bad-landz] / ˈbædˌlændz /
NOUN
barren land
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After tracing Highway 127 along the edge of Death Valley and State Route 78 through the badlands of Anza Borrego, the journey now shifts to the north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

It’s also Robby’s final day of work before embarking on a three-month motorcycle road trip set to take him from Pittsburgh to the Canadian badlands.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

Here in Medora, a tiny town in the badlands of western North Dakota, Teddy Roosevelt is everywhere.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

The bajada beneath the badlands is open country cut by steep-walled arroyos.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


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