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Badlands

LC control no.sh 00008447
Topical headingBadlands
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Found inWork cat.: Digby, R. The Drumheller badlands, 1991.
Merriam-Webster Online (badland: a region marked by intricate erosional sculpturing, scanty vegetation, and fantastically formed hills -- usually used in plural)
Desert Geomorphology website from Trent Univ., July 25, 2000 (Badlands: intensively dissected, rugged topography; relatively low relief, common to areas of low but intense rainfall; named for its low economic value and the difficulties presented to those who wish to traverse it)
Dinosaur Valley website, July 25, 2000 (The town of Drumheller is located in the "Badlands" in central Alberta)
Great Canadian Parks website, July 25, 2000 (Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta is also the most extensive area of classic "badlands" in Canada)
ParksCanada website, July 25, 2000 (Grasslands National Park. Saskatchewan's rare prairie grasses, dinosaur fossils, and badlands)