Definition of lowland
: low or level country
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The dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) lives on the forest floor in the lowland tropical rainforests of South America’s Guiana Shield, an ancient geological formation underlying the northeastern coast and parts of Venezuela and Brazil.
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The Acadian flycatcher is a common bird in the deep, shady, lowland woods near creeks in the southern Piedmont.
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Image Madidi National Park in Bolivia goes from lowland to mountaintop, from 600 feet to almost 20,000 feet above sea level.
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Rising from humid lowlands to the world's highest peaks in less than 100 miles, Nepal has a diversity of landscapes equaled only by its multiplicity of religions and traditions.
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In one swampy lowland that is now part of Wyoming, the average annual temperature reached about 26 degrees C, similar to the humid tropical coasts of today's Indonesia.
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During the last great ice age, Columbian mammoths and ancient horses survived on lowland grasses in an environment that at the time showed to be dry in summers, with larger lakes than there are currently, and endured more significant snowfall.
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Western Washington is in for yet another drenching, as an unusual storm pattern brings heavy rain overnight into Sunday morning and sets the stage for lowland flooding.
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Once the levels hits 17 feet, which is possible Friday or Saturday, the National Weather Service said the following will unfold: Significant lowland flooding … along the river, with backwater flooding also occurring.
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First Known Use of lowland
15th century
Definition of lowland
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capitalized
: of or relating to the Lowlands of Scotland
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: of or relating to a lowland
First Known Use of lowland
1504
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Definition of lowland for English Language Learners
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: an area where the land is at, near, or below the level of the sea and where there are not usually mountains or large hills
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