Thesaurus results for LOWLAND

lowland

noun

Definition of lowland

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 Altitude affects travelers differently than lowland destinations, and permit rules for parts of the region can shift with little notice. — Emma Capp, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 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 frontman for Evening Elephants comes often to the lowlands of Griffith Park, watching locals practice yoga and Taekwondo, while imagining new music for his alternative pop act. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 5 Aug. 2026 More than 120 firefighters have been on site tackling the blaze at Dunwich Heath, an area of coastal lowland in the east of England, since the fire broke out on Wednesday. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for lowland

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Noun

Covering 3,652 acres along the Wabash River, the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area stretches across prairies, bottomland forests, and wetlands restored from farmland in 2010.

— Brian Garrido, Midwest Living, 13 Aug. 2026
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park conserves nearly 13,000 acres of rare hardwood bottomland along the Mississippi River, including eerie bald cypress swamp.

— CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026

Definition of bottomland

Noun

Set in British Columbia’s Thompson Valley, the city is surrounded by rolling hills, rivers, and grasslands—a noticeable change from the coastal forests seen earlier in the day.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Today, the 558,000-acre reserve works to rehabilitate forests, grasslands, streams, and former mining areas while restoring native wildlife.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of grassland

Noun

Despite being made from leather, these flats are also very breathable, thanks to side vents that allow airflow.

— Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
The delicate shape still nods to classic ballet flats, but the slight heel gives everything a little more polish, making the pairing feel less Sunday lunch with your nan and more Copenhagen Fashion Week.

— Georgia Brown, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of flat

Noun

The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
With a glorious mane of glowing purple gas and dust, the Lion Nebula sparkles on the cosmic savanna in this new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of savanna

Noun

Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
The mission includes prairies, plains, and mountains, where helicopters need to fly over remote areas at any time of day.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairie

Noun

Kim, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky returned to Earth in December, touching down in their Soyuz on the steppe of Kazakhstan .

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The desire to see Russia as singularly the product of its steppe heritage ends up distorting and simplifying this history.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppe

Noun

The mission includes prairies, plains, and mountains, where helicopters need to fly over remote areas at any time of day.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Pleasure-seekers would travel by train to open prairies and plains to watch decommissioned locomotives crash into each other.

— Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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