His case involves an invitation rather than a summons (along with a rejection of rival theories that cast us on very barren terrain, metaphysically speaking).

There are lots of scenes in which weary characters trudge doggedly through barren terrain — and the film itself plods along in much the same fashion.

The glacier again retreated 450m ft from 1987 to 2005, leaving barren terrain behind.

Placed at regular intervals, a series of cairns can be used to indicate a path across stony or barren terrain, even across glaciers.

Phosphate mining in the central plateau has left a barren terrain of jagged limestone pinnacles up to 15 m high.