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heath

noun

ˈhēth

Definition of heath

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country not much grows on the heath besides heather

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as in desert

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end

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Noun

In place of herds of bison thundering across the prairie, there were piles of bones a story high and as much as a hundred feet long.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
On her 43 acres of woods and reclaimed native prairie in rural Tazewell County, Katie VandenBerg walked the edge of her property, inspecting a line of oaks bordered by miles of corn and soybean fields.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

This park also falls along the Rio Grande and includes mountainous terrain with tall cliffs and a desert landscape.

— Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
The planes, for example, will cool their heels in the desert of Arizona, where the weather is more hospitable to their corrosion-prone bodies.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of desert

Noun

That’s what pulled me to the plains of north-central Spain last week.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Harry and Meghan’s children even chose the color of their elephants’ collars, which will help the organization track them across the plains of northern Botswana.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of plain

Noun

The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
With its views of a stratovolcano, glaciers, old-growth forests, alpine habitats, and a mix of mountain and steppe landscapes, the Chinook Scenic Byway more than fulfills that brief.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

For nature lovers and dog parents, Westminster Hills Open Space is a unique place, offering more than 3,000 acres of land, trails and grasslands.

— Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
The main trail, Arrowhead Loop, is a 4-mile walk that offers a mix of grassland and forests with oak and bay trees.

— Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of grassland

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With a glorious mane of glowing purple gas and dust, the Lion Nebula sparkles on the cosmic savanna in this new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026
And South Sudan's first World Heritage site, the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape, protects a vast sweep of savanna, wetlands, and floodplains crossed by one of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migrations.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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