barren landscapes
Desolate, lifeless expanses
Barren landscapes are expanses of land devoid of vegetation, water, or signs of life—deserts, rocky wastelands, arctic tundra.
The phrase often carries connotations of desolation or inhospitality: The barren landscape stretched for miles without a single tree.
Figuratively, it can describe any domain lacking vitality or productivity: the barren landscape of daytime television.
- sand dunesWind-sculpted sediment formations
- moonscapeCratered, desolate surface view
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- aridityAbsence of moisture
- salt flatsMineral-crusted evaporite terrain
drought · bone dry · desolation · badlands · desert · desertification · wasteland · dead zone · bleakness · godforsaken · end of the world · tundra · sterility · permafrost · steppe · polar ice cap · weathering · emptiness
- South AtlanticFalklands, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia, St. Helena
barren landscapesfertile plains
Productive flat agricultural land
lush vegetation · dense jungles · green pastures · fertile valleys · rainforests
barren landscapeswetlands
Water-saturated terrain
marshlands · oases · swampland · flood plains