What created the badlands?

Answer 1

The Badlands' name came from Sioux Indians who called it 'mako sica', meaning 'lands bad'.

It is more commonly said that the Native Americans couldn't harvest it or plant anything at all.

The Big Muddy Badlands of Saskatchewan, Canada were notorious for outlaws' hideouts. Italy and Spain also have "badlands" areas.

Answer 2

It is usually an indicator of a lack of potable water for many miles, rocky soils that are unfavorable to equine travel, a lack of firewood and forage and it is often blighted by hostiles intent on profiting from your passage, stealing from you by stealth or taking what they desire by force of arms. In short, it might have been an early form of "A Bad Trip". Bad-land's generally imply unfavorable terrain, but they can also indicate an unhealthy social climate which is subject to death for trespass.

Answer 3

The canyons in Badlands National Park in South Dakota were formed by the depostion of layers composed of tiny grains of sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and then by erosion when the Cheyenne River captured streams and rivers flowing from the Black Hills into the Badlands region.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Of course the Badlands formed during the one year period when the entire earth was flooded, the mountains were uplifted, and the water drained into the oceans.