lowland
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈloʊˌlænd/
:
bajo
- Thus, improvements in lowland farm incomes would significantly reduce the influx into those areas.
- lowland forests
- lowland area
- lowland agriculture
I grew up with a Polish lowland sheepdog Rory right here.
- I grew up with a Polish lowland sheepdog Rory right here.
Examples
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Like their hillside counterparts, the lowland communities could not escape the problem of demographic pressure on land.
Academic text (1997) -
Most cleared forests in Latin America's lowland tropics will eventually become pasture.
Academic text (1993) -
Anne asked as they left the bridge and continued along the lowland road.
Fiction book (1992) -
Or east or west into the lowland marsh, where they got stuck.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sailed upon the lowland sea
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The individuals, therefore, had about twenty years of experience working in lowland forest ecosystems.
Academic text (1998) -
Below the cloud forest is the montane rain forest, while valley bottoms contain a lowland forest.
Academic text (1995) -
The diversion dams and weirs obviously served to divert water away from or to lowland fields.
Academic text (2002) -
Once home to sophisticated lowland Maya civilizations, the region is currently prized for its scientific and aesthetic qualities.
Academic text (1998) -
The researchers focused on the unique wildlife found in the lowland regions near the river.
Antonyms
Compounds
- South African
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5.5
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lowland used as an adjective joins low ('not high') and land ('ground'), so it means 'on low ground', which is why we call fields or forests 'lowland' when they lie below higher land.