lowlands

Definition of lowlandsnext
plural of lowland
as in plains
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 a village in the lowlands

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Recent Examples of lowlands Today, the toad lives in the lowlands of Central America, Mexico and extreme southern Texas, so unearthing it in Los Angeles was quite unusual. Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 The Domesday Book reports 90 per cent of natural forest had been cleared from the English lowlands as early as 1086. Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 The dramatic shifts in elevation allow productions to move between cool mountain scenery and tropical lowlands in a single day. Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026 To find genetically different varieties, Wann points to the muggy lowlands of Nicaragua and Honduras. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 July 2026 Haaland is from Bryne, a nearby farming town in the country’s rural lowlands, near the North Sea. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 But on the palate there’s an earthy elegance indicative of top tier 100% blue weber agave, sourced from the dark volcanic soil of the Jaliscan lowlands. Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 The backstory Long before luxury boutiques and embassies claimed Knightsbridge, the area was a pastoral patchwork of open fields and marshy lowlands. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026 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. Geoff Childs, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowlands
Noun
  • Explore the landscape of rolling plains, steep canyons, and family dynasties with a stake in the land that runs deep.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The project will provide support to recover 100 species facing imminent extinction, spanning mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and plants from 30 countries in habitats ranging from oceans to volcanic plains.
    Mya Copeland, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
    The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.
    Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • Most don’t associate cryptocurrency with rural states such as South Dakota, with its Great Plains and drift prairies.
    K.H. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Davis’s journey to San Jose began on his parents’ farm in Osage County, a land of hills, prairies and the Osage Nation.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
  • This includes savannahs and shrublands.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Shot on location in Alberta, Canada, the blooming grasslands, breathtaking sunrises, glistening rivers and immense mountaintops are characters in their own right, often pulling audiences in when the storyline itself is drastically lacking.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • By then, firefighters had begun to arrive as flames spread across the dry grasslands and the family hurried to evacuate.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Lowlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowlands. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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