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badland

badland is the alternative form of badlands.

Meaning of badlands

Noun

badlands (plural badlands)

  1. An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
    • Not only do the Bad Lands present a most attractive field to the student of erosion and of the origin of earth forms, but their deathlike solitudes have been made to yield the most wonderful procession of strange extinct animals yet unearthed by geologists.1904, Israel C. Russell, North America, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 111
    Synonyms:
    malpais
  2. (Alberta, Saskatchewan) An arid region of Western Canada characterized by significant erosion and odd land formations containing dinosaur and other fossils.

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Forms of badland

pluralbadlands

Questions about badland

What is badland the alternative form of?
Badland is the alternative form of badlands.

Words near badland in the dictionary

  1. badkhns
  2. badkhon
  3. badkhonim
  4. badkhons
  5. badla
  6. badland
  7. badlands
  8. badlas
  9. badley
  10. Badleys
  11. badling

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