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
Threaded through the watery veins of Overijssel, Giethoorn glimmers like a secret kept by the Dutch lowlands.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Steve taught me how to travel soundlessly through the lowland wilderness.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
The 4,000-acre park includes lowland areas, meadows, forests, eight miles of Lake Huron shoreline, a one-mile sandy beach and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The image also captures lowland plains to the right and highland plains to the left.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Steve taught me how to travel soundlessly through the lowland wilderness.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
The 4,000-acre park includes lowland areas, meadows, forests, eight miles of Lake Huron shoreline, a one-mile sandy beach and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The image also captures lowland plains to the right and highland plains to the left.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowland
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Farmers in the bottomlands, who previously planted wheat and barley, are beginning to plant rice, which can be underwater for two days without damage to the crop.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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An abundance of water and rich bottomland drew them to the area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 July 2025
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Despite their incredibly unique look, quaggas were once very common across various grasslands in South Africa.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Typically, the bird is found in dry pastures and open spaces and prefers grasslands over coasts.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pair with sneakers or leopard print flats to dress it down, or take the look from day to night with chunky heels and thick gold hoop earrings.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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The high-rise jeans can be worn with flats and loafers or under knee-high or ankle boots this fall and winter.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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This region is more densely populated by Neptune-like worlds than both the desert and the savanna.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Amazon rainforest could wither into a savanna; coral reefs could bleach ghost-white; a major current in the Atlantic Ocean might go slack and fail to deliver warmth to Europe, turning Scotland into Siberia.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Additional changes in the new beach include a stabilizing stone wall, dry prairie grasses to deter birds and sand with larger grain size.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Identification of microbes The team used genomic and bioinformatic techniques to analyze the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their nearest relative, the gray wolf, still roams forests and tundras.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Some are remote — at sea, on mountaintops, out on the tundra — and some are near or in cities.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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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 21 Sep. 2025.
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