Barren Lands

British  

plural noun

1. Also known as: the Barren Grounds.  a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit

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Example Sentences

Days became weeks, until at last they ran out of food and water and were in barren lands where no amount of foraging might satiate their appetites.

From Literature

The project has been implementing several methods in three southern areas, including digging water canals and supplying electricity to pump water from the Euphrates river, preparing barren lands for vegetation.

From Barron's

Last July, agents in New Mexico were alerted to a group of migrants lost in the barren lands along the border.

From Washington Times

Her semi-nomadic Samburu community of pastoralists are particularly vulnerable to drought because they depend on the livestock whose emaciated corpses litter the barren lands that once provided plentiful grazing.

From Washington Post

“We have seen barren lands of sands turn into cities. Dead ends turn into a whole different world beyond Doha,” said Anushka Mohapatra, a graduate student in the United States who was born in Qatar.

From Washington Times