windswept plains
Breezy open expanses
Windswept plains are flat, open expanses of land exposed to persistent winds, with little vegetation or terrain to break the gusts.
The phrase evokes desolation, harsh climate, and rugged beauty—landscapes shaped by relentless weather: They crossed the windswept plains of Patagonia.
Common in descriptions of prairies, steppes, and high plateaus.
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- wide open spacesExpansive uncluttered landscapes
desolate · barren · dust bowl · vast · expanse · tundra · high desert · gusts · lonely · savanna · flatland · endless · wild · dusty · open · bleak · rugged · mesa
topography
windswept plainsrolling hills
Gently rising, falling landscape
mountain peaks · forested mountains · box canyons · fjords · mountain passes
wind, winds, windy, windier, windiest, windiness, winded, winding, windward