Barren Grounds

American  

plural noun

1. a sparsely inhabited region of tundra in N Canada, especially in the area W of Hudson Bay.

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Barren Grounds

The forceful winds that blow over the Barren Grounds so much of the time are of distinct benefit to the Caribou during the summer in abating the very serious scourge of flies.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper

Notes on the coastal district of the eastern Barren Grounds and Melville Peninsula from Igloolik to Cape Fullerton.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper

The Barren Grounds . . . still feed enormous herds of caribou. . . .

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper

It is not the higher latitude that keeps him out of the Barren Grounds, but the absence of timber.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker

Its range is over the Barren Grounds of Canada, the islands of the arctic archipelago, and the border of Greenland.

From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell

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