scablands
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The plant created shaggy golden carpets of dry foliage, transforming once fire-resistant scablands into flame-friendly corridors.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2022
After lightning sparked a fire near a steep-walled canyon, the blaze unexpectedly raced across scablands so quickly that firefighters struggled to catch up.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2022
In the scablands, Priest is trying a more aggressive approach: sending in heavy equipment such as bulldozers to help squelch fires, fearing that native plants will suffer if the open areas burn.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2022
Descending from the pass takes you into shrub-steppe landscape and scablands scattered with countless “irregulars,” or giant boulders, ranging from the size of a fridge to two-story houses.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2022
Then he turned north and descended into the Washington scablands, a tortured landscape shaped by a series of cataclysms between twelve and fifteen thousand years ago.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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