1. Areas of open, barren, or sparsely vegetated land at high altitudes or in arctic/subarctic regions, characterized by rocky terrain and low-growing plants.
Usage: Chiefly used in geography and ecology; Often plural; refers to specific landscape types in mountainous or polar regions

Examples

• The fellfields of the Scottish Highlands support hardy mosses and lichens.
• Hikers traversed the rocky fellfields above the tree line.
• Arctic fellfields are home to specialized plant species adapted to extreme conditions.
• The fellfields landscape offers little shelter from wind and weather.
• Ecologists study the unique biodiversity of fellfields ecosystems.