bottomland

noun

bot·​tom·​land ˈbä-təm-ˌland How to pronounce bottomland (audio)
: low-lying land along a watercourse
often used in plural
the fertile bottomlands

Examples of bottomland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Floodwaters from the Congaree and Wateree rivers regularly cover the park’s old-growth bottomland hardwood forest, and the upland pine forest depends on wildfires to clear out competing vegetation. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024 Black bears are found throughout Louisiana, with a majority of them in the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge—a 64,000-acre tract of hardwood bottomland in the Mississippi Delta. Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023 Sugar maples often grow in rich, moist bottomlands in the wild. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023 Forests that grow on the floodplain are called floodplain forests, sometimes also called bottomland forests. Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024 Instead of concentrating on refuting the Facebook misinformation, Naylor and Willey made the presentation an educational exercise about managing bottomland forests. Bryan Hendricks, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023 The property comprises one of the largest contiguous undeveloped acreage of bottomland hardwood wetlands remaining in the Great Dog River Watershed. Kathy Jumper, al, 6 Aug. 2023 Visitors can also enjoy the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, a lush 2,000-acre wildlife management area featuring bottomland forests, prairies and wetlands. Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023 Here, not far from Vicksburg, Mississippi, lies one of the largest expanses of bottomland forest left in this part of the country. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bottomland was in 1612

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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottomland. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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bottomland

noun
bot·​tom·​land ˈbät-əm-ˌland How to pronounce bottomland (audio)

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