wasteland

wasteland
    n 1: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for
         cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the
         trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: {barren}, {waste},
         {wasteland}]
    

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "wasteland":
      Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, back country, backwoods,
      barren, barren land, barrens, boondock, boondocks, borderland,
      brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, desert, desolation, dust bowl,
      forests, frontier, heath, hinterland, howling wilderness, karroo,
      lunar landscape, lunar waste, outback, outpost, salt flat,
      the bush, timbers, uninhabited region, up-country, virgin land,
      virgin territory, waste, weary waste, wild, wild West, wilderness,
      wildness, wilds, woodlands, woods