wild landscape

Nature without cultivation

A wild landscape is terrain that appears untamed by human activity—rugged, uncultivated, and governed by natural forces rather than human design.

The phrase evokes mountains, forests, coastlines, or deserts where nature dominates: The wild landscape of the Scottish Highlands stretched before us.

Wild here suggests both beauty and inhospitality.

Related

mountains · forest · savage · prairie · open range · wide open spaces · moor · ravine · desolate · remote · off the grid · harsh · windswept · barren · peaks · rolling hills · canyon · tundra

Opposites
human cultivation and control

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Cultivated plant area

formal garden · manicured lawn · landscaped grounds · farmland · plantation

development and urbanization

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View of urban architecture

urban landscape · built environment · metropolis · industrial zone · downtown

ecological condition

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Single-crop agricultural system

reclaimed land · sterile environment · wasteland

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G