bottomland

Noun

Meaning

low-lying alluvial land near a river

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bottom delta moor champaign dale fen valley vale fanny basin plateau meadow pampas can base
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Antonyms

mountain upland eminence rise height altitude
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Hypernyms

land ground soil

Examples

Pawpaws are native to 26 states of the U.S. and to Ontario in Canada. citation citation The common pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottomland and hilly upland habitat. Source: Internet

The land is basically flat, sloping downward from the northwest to the southeast, with a spattering of dunes, bottomland troughs and some low-lying areas. Source: Internet

This convert park protects the largest contiguous tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the United States. Source: Internet

The stone mill is surrounded by bottomland forest, which is very precious, as little remains in Europe. Source: Internet

We had moved to a lovely but more-than-a-little-spooky-at-night piece of riverside bottomland in Chamberlain. Source: Internet

Generally, plain and bottomland constitute the main types of the city’s landform. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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