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Definitions for badlandsˈbædˌlændz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bad•landsˈbædˌlændz(n.pl.)

  1. a barren area in which soft rock strata are eroded into varied, fantastic forms.

    Category: Geology

Origin of badlands:

1850–55, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. badlands(noun)

    deeply eroded barren land

  2. Bad Lands, Badlands(noun)

    an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska

Wiktionary

  1. badlands(Noun)

    An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

  2. Badlands(ProperNoun)

    Badlands National Park, a national park in South Dakota

    3. Origin: bad + lands

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