wilderness; wild land; wasteland
Refers to an uncultivated, desolate area of land, often with a sense of barrenness or lack of human presence.
Hardly any plants grow in that wilderness.
He traveled alone through the wild land.
cold desert; arctic desert; fell-field
Compound of 荒 (wild, rough) and 原 (field, plain). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys the meaning of a wild or desolate plain.