lowland

Speech parts

1. lowland - Noun

2. lowland - Adjective

Meaning

Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fen valley basin plain marshland floodplain bottomland meadowland wetland swampland low ground marsh moor champaign heath
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Antonyms

highland upland hill sierra highlander butte
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Hypernyms

depression natural depression

Hyponyms

landfill

Related terms

netherlands

Phrases with the word

Dnieper Lowland western lowland gorilla East African lowland honey bee lowland gorilla

Examples

Also resolved was "The Gore", a lowland area near Fishkill Creek above the Hudson Highlands along the northern border of the Phillipse patent. Source: Internet

A map of Indonesia's volcanoes Borneo is the third largest island in the world and the original vegetation was mostly Borneo lowland rain forests although much of this has been cleared with wildlife retreating to the Borneo montane rain forests inland. Source: Internet

At the time Olympus Mons began to form in Hesperian times, the volcano was located on a shallow slope that descended from the high in Tharsis into the northern lowland basins. Source: Internet

Also common in both highland and lowland areas are two-wheeled ‘scotch carts' with pneumatic tyres. Source: Internet

A researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found mutations in four different genes that can account for differences between deer mice that live in lowland prairies versus the mountains. Source: Internet

Barclay (2005) pp. 41, 46 However the increasing use of cropmarks to identify Neolithic sites in lowland areas has tended to diminish the relative prominence of these cairns. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lowk lowke lowkey lowland burrowing treefrog lowland fir lowland gorilla