ranchland
Open grazing territory
Ranchland is land used or suitable for ranching—the raising of livestock, especially cattle, on large open areas.
The term appears most often in discussions of Western American geography and land use: The development threatened thousands of acres of ranchland.
It suggests terrain too dry or rugged for crop farming but adequate for grazing.
Open grassy flatland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- plateauFlat highland area
rolling · acres · horizon · sweeping · scrubland · arroyo · canyon · butte
Grazing animals together
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- cowFemale bovine
- bullSteer before castration
heifer · calving · branding · stockyard · feedlot · angus · livestock · bovine
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
plateau · rolling · acres · horizon · sweeping · scrubland · arroyo · canyon · butte · foothills
herd
Grazing animals together
bull · heifer · calving · branding · stockyard · feedlot · angus · livestock · bovine · beef
homestead
Family farm and dwelling
territory · landrush · outpost · frontier · homesteading · boomtown · lawless · deed · barbed wire · sod house
bucolic
Idyllically rural
rustic · scenic · picturesque · countryside · meadow · verdant · pastoral · unspoiled · peaceful · solitude
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- Western Terrainplains, prairies, valleys, peaks, ridges
- land parcelsparcel, plot, tract, lot, acreage
- prairiesprairies, prairie grass, grasslands, grassland, tallgrass
- Rio GrandeRio Grande, Rio Grande Valley, headwaters, river source, river basin
ranchlandcropland
Land for growing produce
farmland · arable land · plantation · wheat fields · cornfields
ranchlandbuilt-up area
Densely developed zone
downtown · urban area · city · metropolis · suburb