Barren Land

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002741",
  "term": "Barren Land",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A Land cover/use category used to classify lands with limited capacity to support life and having less than 5 percent vegetative cover. Vegetation, if present, is widely spaced. Typically, the surface of barren land is sand, rock, exposed subsoil, or salt-affected soils. Subcategories include salt flats; sand dunes; mud flats; beaches; bare exposed rock; quarries, strip mines, gravel pits, and borrow pits; riverwash; oil wasteland; mixed barren lands; and other barren land.",
  "references": [
    "USDA National Resources Inventory Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/barren-land/"
}