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
—usually plural
a village in the lowlands
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Recent Examples of lowland
Take their Andean Cloud Forest assortment, for example, which highlights the biodiverse region of the Andes Mountains located between hot steamy lowlands and alpine peaks.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Tropical lowlands that flood during the rainy season and scorch during the sunny season don’t exactly sound ideal for agriculture.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
The northern lowlands are believed to have been home to oceans that covered up to one third of the Martian surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Denver Given their size, bald eagle nests need a substantial tree to host them, and in the lowlands of Colorado, that’s almost exclusively old-growth cottonwoods.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Tropical lowlands that flood during the rainy season and scorch during the sunny season don’t exactly sound ideal for agriculture.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
The northern lowlands are believed to have been home to oceans that covered up to one third of the Martian surface.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Denver Given their size, bald eagle nests need a substantial tree to host them, and in the lowlands of Colorado, that’s almost exclusively old-growth cottonwoods.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowland
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Most worked on farms — including harvesting potatoes on about 2,000 acres of Missouri River bottomland.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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Often, deer that bed in flatter creek or river bottomlands bed close to the water.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
19 Dec. 2024
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Whereas mammoths preferred the cold, dry grasslands that spread as Ice Age glaciers expanded, Mammut preferred the warmer, wetter habitats of Pleistocene forests and thrived during the interglacial reprieves from the ice.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The population of grassland birds in the U.S. has dropped by 43% since 1970, as row-crop production, drought and habitat loss take their toll, the report says.—
Sarah Metz,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Macdonald also painstakingly recreated the couple’s Greenwich Village flat, down to the debris strewn out on the floor.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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Nearly everything on the site is 40 percent off, including beachy pants, breathable dresses, and trendy flats.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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Disney had people stationed across the savanna for Tucker’s protection.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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More than 30 percent of the biomass in such savannas gets consumed by termites hollowing out trunks from within, according to research by Zanne, a co-author of an article on deadwood and the carbon cycle in the 2024 Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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What do beef tallow, prairie dresses and the quiet luxury trend all have in common?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Sheba Abernathy, a resident of Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, serves as volunteer steward at Superior Street Prairie, a remnant prairie in Calumet City.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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The monument features lava flows, cinder cones, and sagebrush steppe.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
Henry Duckworth,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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This first-of-its-kind attraction will take guests on an exhilarating journey through towering glaciers, vast tundra and the icy depths of the Arctic Ocean, encountering some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring wildlife along the way.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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The brutal Arctic tundra, rare glimpses of sunlight, and eccentric small-town characters are the draw here.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Read on for even more wreaths under $35, with festive options featuring shiny baubles, LED lights, feathery pampas, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Lowland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowland. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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