as in bottomland
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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a village in the lowlands
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Recent Examples of lowland
During the grueling descent to the lowlands, the parting gift fortified us while providing a constant reminder of Dorje’s concern for our well-being.
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Geoff Childs,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
The High Resolution Stereo Camera on the veteran Mars Express mission, which launched all the way back in 2003, recently captured new views of Utopia Planitia, which is a vast northern lowland plain spanning 2,100 miles (3,300 kilometers).
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Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
The big cat was photographed at roughly 2,200 meters in high elevation forest, an unusual altitude for a species typically associated with lowland tropical habitats.
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Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
In the lowland areas that include Los Angeles, rattlesnakes have underground burrows that are home to one or maybe two snakes, Taylor said.
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Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Geoff Childs,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
The High Resolution Stereo Camera on the veteran Mars Express mission, which launched all the way back in 2003, recently captured new views of Utopia Planitia, which is a vast northern lowland plain spanning 2,100 miles (3,300 kilometers).
—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
The big cat was photographed at roughly 2,200 meters in high elevation forest, an unusual altitude for a species typically associated with lowland tropical habitats.
—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
In the lowland areas that include Los Angeles, rattlesnakes have underground burrows that are home to one or maybe two snakes, Taylor said.
—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowland
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Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park conserves nearly 13,000 acres of rare hardwood bottomland along the Mississippi River, including eerie bald cypress swamp.
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Go for a Hike at Woodlands Conservancy Hike through one of the region’s last remaining stands of bottomland hardwood forest at the Woodlands Preserve.
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The sun shined on the battlefield area, a wide-open grassland with few trees, mountains in the distance.
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The medium-sized bats primarily live in arid grasslands, desert scrublands, and dry tropical forests.
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Comfortable walking shoes like sneakers, pillow sandals, and ballet flats are essential in the summer.
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There are plenty of vacation moments that call for something dressier than sandals but far more comfortable than heels, and these raffia flats fit the bill perfectly.
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Across the Amazon rainforest, cerrado savanna, Atlantic Forest, Pantanal wetland, Caatinga scrub and Pampa grassland, the country’s plant life seems less like one national inheritance than several botanical worlds sharing a border.
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Set on a tiny, exceedingly private spit of land deep inside a national park, the property spans wetlands, savanna, and Rwanda’s quintessential hillscapes.
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For outdoor adventurers, nearby Myakka River State Park delivers with a canopy walkway through pineland, prairie, and wetlands.
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Now, each year, the vineyard brings in roughly 120 to 130 sheep, which rotate through the property’s oak habitat and upland prairie habitat over the course of a few months.
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Patagonia is a diverse region in southern Chile and Argentina, with glaciers, mountains and fjords to the west, stretching into steppe and desert toward the east.
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References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.
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Researchers have described humans as highly omnivorous, exploiting a wide range of plant, animal and fungal foods across environments as disparate as the Arctic tundra and equatorial rainforest.
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The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness spans nearly 1 million acres across Montana and Wyoming with alpine tundra, remote lakes, and 12,000-foot peaks.
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Their experience exposes vulnerabilities across the country, experts say, because flood plain maps don’t cover all areas.
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Most travelers visit Africa for wildlife moments such as elephants at a waterhole, lions in the grass and rhinos on open plains.
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“Lowland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowland. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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