as in deserts
land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops
the city's decayed industrial quarter is a no-man's-land of abandoned factories and weedy vacant lots
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Across oceans, forests, and deserts, animals regularly interact with members of other species in ways that benefit both sides.
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Until that changes, maternity care deserts will continue to expand — and the distance between patients and care will continue to grow.
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In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.
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The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.
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