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bottomlands

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plural of bottomland

as in lowlands

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In the Niayes, fertile coastal lowlands between sand dunes and the Atlantic Ocean, two women rake the soil side by side amid a light breeze off the water.

— Adrien Marotte, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Those areas, however, are often in lowlands or arid locations where dirt habitat conditions prevent elk from digging wallows.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of lowlands

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The urban-wildland interface — where human development intermingles with wild places such as scrublands, grasslands and forests — is the fastest-growing land-use type in the United States.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Swim, canoe, geocache, and bird-watch among Bastrop State Park’s mosaic of pines, oaks, shrubs, and grasslands, which are punctuated by a carpet of bluebonnets each spring.

— Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of grasslands

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Native to the shortgrass prairies of the Great Plains, it’s suited to poor, gravelly soils.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
The route passes through diverse landscapes, including forests, prairies, lakes, and the Rocky Mountains, with stops in cities like Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Jasper.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026

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Tycho Crater is visible in the lower region of the lunar disk close to the shadow, while bright ejecta rays of reflective material brighten the darker lunar seas, where lava solidified to form basaltic plains billions of years ago.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Away from both sides of the road stretched rocky plains, dry and gray as parchment.

— Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of plains

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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
The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

Definition of savannas

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For three weeks the world watches cyclists traverse mountains, windswept flats, and chaotic city finishes.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2026
In fact, many of the flats that follow bring all the polish of your favorite heels—without leaving you wishing you’d worn them instead.

— Kate Boswell, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of flats

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Lawns showed the least activity of soil organisms, with agricultural fields and meadows ranging in the middle.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Across approximately 265,000 acres, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado has everything from forest and flowering meadows to breathtaking mountains and alpine lakes.

— Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026

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