Although some deserts are dry, barren, desolate places, the definition of desert only requires it to have little precipitation.
A better term for such a particularly barren area is a wasteland.
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Barren; desolate
Wasteland: 1. A land that is desolate, barren, or ravaged. 2. A place, era, or aspect of life considered as lacking in spiritual, aesthetic, or other humanizing qualities; a vacuum.
Desolate is not a positive, so it is a negative.
Foliage doesn't really have exact antonyms, but in various contexts antonyms could be found. 'Treeless' and 'deforested' are also pretty close. Ex: "[ant. foliage] environment" barren bleak exposed desolate stark arid
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Barren; desolate.
a dry bareen piece of land
Desolate is a synonym of the word barren. A sentence with the word desolate is A desert is a very desolate place
Red, barren, dusty, lifeless,
The tundra is like a frozen wasteland, desolate and barren.
Samuel Hearne called the region he explored the "Barren Grounds" because the area was characterized by sparse vegetation, harsh climate, and low human population. The land appeared desolate and barren to him, hence the name.
Barren; desolate
hilly, flat, green, parched, undulating, barren, fertile, desolate,
dusty,hot,boreing
desolate, empty, desert, waste, infertile, sterile, childless, unproductive
The analogy for disconsolate could be: as desolate is to barren, disconsolate is to unhappy.