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Bad Lands

American  

plural noun

  1. a barren, severely eroded region in SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska.

Bad Lands British  

plural noun

  1. a deeply eroded barren region of SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska

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One summer he helped dig in the Bad Lands to discover the Uintatherium and a Mesonyx.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another was located in "the Bad Lands" which no farmer in his right mind would attempt to cultivate.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the night the Bad Lands had become Good Lands.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

And I can easily see how people are driven back to the Bad Lands.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

As I was not prepared for the Missouri boundary, so I was not prepared for the Bad Lands.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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