lowland
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- noun
- /ˈloʊˌlænd/
:
llanura
- After hiking through the mountains, we finally reached the lowland where we could set up camp.
- tropical lowlands
- swampy lowlands
- coastal lowlands
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Examples
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We were entering the lowlands.
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Drainage banished malaria from the lowlands and made firmer ground for roads.
Academic text (2012) -
Spring will bring out the green in the lowlands, no matter the fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
One day, a doctor from the lowlands came to see him.
Fiction book (2000) -
The poorer areas were located on the lowlands of the city.
Academic text (2012) -
Community land is also used in the lowlands, where some isolated tree species prevail.
Academic text (2011) -
The ground was sloping downward gently, generally trending toward the lowlands of the Ares Vallis region.
Fiction book (1999) -
The highway flows in long curves, dipping to densely wooded lowlands and crossing black-water creeks.
Fiction book (2002) -
The farmers cultivated crops in the fertile lowland where the soil was rich and easy to till.
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The picturesque village sat nestled in the lowlands, surrounded by gentle rolling hills and lush vegetation.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds
- South African
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A large ape from the forests of western Central Africa that is the most common gorilla
- South African
A large gorilla that lives in lowland forests of eastern Congo
- Specialized
A land frog that digs burrows and calls at night in dry grasslands with a very hard head
- Specialized
A tall tree with long curved branches and dark green needles that grows on the Pacific coast
- Specialized
A tall tree with long curved branches and dark green leaves that grows by the Pacific coast
How Low
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Morphology
Etymology
Lowland comes from the simple parts low ('not high') and land ('ground' or 'area'), so it literally means 'low ground' and that is why a lowland is an area or valley that sits lower than the hills around it.