bottomlands

plural of bottomland

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomlands
Noun
  • Similar evidence is also preserved at archaeological site Shinfa-Metema 1 in the lowlands of Ethiopia, where cryptotephra from Toba was present in layers that also preserve human activity.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Far from the equatorial lowlands where these swamps formed, polar glaciers steadily marched on the midlatitudes and threatened to take over the entire planet.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rocking Star Adventures has four different tours that soar over the glaciers, mountains, and grasslands that form the park.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Despite their incredibly unique look, quaggas were once very common across various grasslands in South Africa.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hailing from the prairies of North America, this salvia is an end-of-the-season stunner that produces tall spikes of sky-blue flowers in late summer.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In early spring of 2025, the prairies were once again dry, but timely rainfall in mid May recharged wetlands in portions of North Dakota, southeastern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Helene shocked people from the plains and pine forests of Central and Eastern Georgia through scenic mountain vistas in North Carolina and Tennessee.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Baby Steps doesn't go quite that hard, giving players occasional major checkpoints and large, flat plains that prevent you from falling back too far.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Located right outside of town in neighboring Moss Point, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve offers 18,000 acres of pine savannas, salt marshes, bays, bayous, and salt pannes to explore.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images An insurgency was launched by Boko Haram in 2009 to establish a caliphate in Nigeria and the broader Sahel (the semi-arid transitional zone between the Sahara and savannas), with several other terrorist groups also active in the region.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On Katmai’s wild southeastern coast, however, guests of Natural Habitat Adventures, a partner of World Wildlife Fund, observe brown bears in near solitude on shimmering tidal flats and aqua bays.
    Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There are some carryover shoe trends from the summer to fall back on, one of the biggest ones being crochet flats.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sanctuary's vast network of trails winds through forests, meadows, and wetlands, as well as up the slopes of Lenox Mountain.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But stick to the roads and established trails—the meadows are closed to foot traffic during September and October to protect the annual rut.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Bottomlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomlands. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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