The northernmost coastal and central region is largely barren of vegetation, approaching the most closely an absolute desert in the world.

The southern volcanic part of the island is rugged and mountainous, and largely barren.

In this four-level arrangement, the river was rendered largely barren of algae each summer.

My people are the product of a harsh, largely barren world, where food and shelter are in short supply.

To this day, most of the land where the bungalow colonies stood remains largely barren, as various plans to develop the area have failed or stalled.

They are largely barren, except for the southern part of Trindade.

They are largely barren, with sparse vegetation of bushes and some trees.

The camp, now about half of its original 670 acres, is largely barren except for the brown wooden horse barns that served as barracks.

They find the surface of Uranus largely barren with a few plants.

Reality soon sets in when the island is found to be largely barren and the children lack survival skills.