Badlands (disambiguation)

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Badlands are a type of terrain with clay-rich soil, and are found in regions with arid climate.

Badlands or Bad lands may also refer to:

Places

Africa

Kenya

Elmenteita Badlands, a lava flow in Kenya that covers approximately 9000 acres

North America

Big Muddy Badlands, a series of badlands in southern Saskatchewan and northern Montana along Big Muddy Creek

Canada

Alberta Badlands, part of the Canadian Interior Plains
Badlands Guardian, a geomorphological feature located near Medicine Hat, Alberta
Municipal District of Badlands No. 7, a former municipal district that amalgamated with the former City of Drumheller, Alberta

United States

Badlands National Park, a national park in South Dakota
- Badlands Observatory, an astronomical observatory named after the South Dakota Badlands
- Badlands Wilderness, a wilderness area located entirely within the national park
Oregon Badlands Wilderness, a wilderness area located east of Bend in Deschutes and Crook counties
Philadelphia Badlands, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Badlands (California), a mountain range in Riverside County, California

People

Eric Booker (born 1969), nicknamed Badlands, American hip hop artist and competitive eater

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictitious entities

Badlands (Star Trek), a location in the fictional Star Trek universe
Badlands, a playable map in Team Fortress 2
The Badlands, one of the six sectors of Mars in Red Faction: Guerrilla

Films

"Bad Land: The Road to Fury", UK released title of Young Ones (film)
The Bad Lands, a 1925 film starring Harry Carey
Bad Lands (1939 film), a 1939 film
The Badlanders, a 1958 western film
Badlands (film), a 1973 Terrence Malick film
Into the Badlands, a 1991 Sam Pillsbury film

Music

Groups

Badlands (American band), an American hard rock band formed by Jake E. Lee
Badlands (UK band), a band formed by John Sloman

Albums

Badlands (Badlands album), a 1989 album by the band of the same name
Badlands (Dirty Beaches album), a 2011 album by Dirty Beaches
Badlands (Halsey album), a 2015 album by Halsey
Badlands, a 1978 album and song by Bill Chinnock
Badlands, a 2013 album and song by Trampled Under Foot

Songs

"Badlands" (Bruce Springsteen song), a Bruce Springsteen song from the 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town
"Badlands", a song by AC/DC from Flick of the Switch
"Badlands", a song by Metal Church from Blessing in Disguise
"Bad Lands", a song by Zion I & The Grouch from Heroes in the City of Dope

Other music

Badlands (Swedish musical act), a Swedish semi-electronic music project formed by producer Catharina Jaunviksna

Publications

Bad Land: An American Romance, a 1996 travelogue by Jonathan Raban
Badlands, a comic book mini-series by Steven Grant
Badlands, a 1975 novel by Robert Kroetsch about the Red Deer Valley of southern Alberta

Television

"Badlands", an episode of Jewel Riders
Into the Badlands, a U.S. TV series that premiered in November 2015

Video games

Badland (mobile game)
- Badland 2, a sequel of the mobile game
Badlands (1984 video game), a 1984 laserdisc video game by Konami
Badlands (video game), a 1989 arcade game published by Atari Games
Hummer Badlands, a 2006 racing game
Badlands, a playable map in Team Fortress 2

Other uses

Operation Badlands, part of the Iraq War that began in 2003