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wildland

American  
[wahyld-land] / ˈwaɪldˌlænd /

noun

  1. land that has not been cultivated, especially land set aside and protected as a wilderness.


Etymology

Origin of wildland

First recorded in 1805–15; wild + -land

Example Sentences

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The release is part of a 30‑year restoration project by nature recovery company Nattergal, which began transforming Boothby Wildland in 2021.

From BBC

"Our new estimates increase the organic compound emissions from wildland fires by about 21%," says Lyuyin Huang, the first author of the study.

From Science Daily

Researchers led by Shuxiao Wang aimed to include IVOCs and SVOCs alongside VOCs to better capture how wildland fires affect air quality, human health, and climate.

From Science Daily

To do this, the team first examined a global database tracking burned land from forest, grass, and peatland wildland fires between 1997 and 2023.

From Science Daily

Using this approach, the researchers estimated that wildland fires released an average of 143 million tons of airborne organic compounds each year during the study period.

From Science Daily