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- Bad|lands['bædlændz] die (Plur.)<aus engl. badlands »schlechte Ländereien«;<nach dem gleichnamigen Gebiet in Süddakota>vegetationsarme, durch Rinnen, Furchen o. Ä. zerschnittene Landschaft (Geogr.)
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Badlands — are a type of arid terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. It can resemble malpaís, a terrain of volcanic rocks. Canyons, ravines, gullies, hoodoos and other such geological forms … Wikipedia
badlands — s.n. pl. (geol.) Terenuri argiloase, degradate de ape torenţiale, cu văi lipsite de vegetaţie; pământuri rele. [pron. bedlendz. / < engl. badlands < bad – rău, land – teren]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 18.11.2004. Sursa: DN badlands (teren… … Dicționar Român
badlands — [ badlɑ̃ds ] n. f. pl. • 1960; mot angl. amér., calque du fr. « mauvaises terres » ♦ Anglic. Géogr. Terrains argileux ravinés par l érosion torrentielle. badlands [badlɑ̃d(s)] n. f. pl. ÉTYM. 1960; bad lands, 1941; angl. des États Unis, calque du … Encyclopédie Universelle
Badlands — the Badlands an area of land in the US, between the southwest of South Dakota and the northwest of Nebraska, where no crops can grow and there are strangely shaped rocks and hills … Dictionary of contemporary English
Badlands — (engl., spr. bädd länds, »schlechtes Land«), Wüstenstrich in Nebraska (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
badlands — arid, highly eroded regions of the western U.S., 1852, from BAD (Cf. bad) + LAND (Cf. land). Applied to urban districts of crime and vice since 1892 (originally with reference to Chicago) … Etymology dictionary
badlands — *waste, desert, wilderness … New Dictionary of Synonyms
badlands — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ heavily eroded land on which little can grow or be grown … English terms dictionary
Badlands — [bad′landz΄] barren plateau in SW South Dakota east of the Black Hills; marked by dramatically eroded hills and containing many fossil deposits … English World dictionary
badlands — ☆ badlands [bad′landz΄ ] pl.n. any section of barren land where rapid erosion has cut the loose, dry soil or soft rocks into strange shapes, as in various places in the W U.S. SYN. WASTE … English World dictionary
Badlands — Die Chinle Badlands am Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Ein Badland (auch Badlands) (von engl.: bad land schlechtes Land) ist ein von tiefen, eng stehenden Erosionsrinnen zerschnittenes Gelände in ariden Gebieten. Die Erdoberfläche in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
