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Recent Examples of bottomland
The national park protects the largest intact old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the Southeast, with stands of 500-year-old bald cypress trees, loblolly pines that stretch 165 feet in the air, and towering elm, oaks, tupelos, and sweet gums.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
But the narrow valley with a meandering river threading its way along the bottomlands was also determined to be a good place to bring electricity to Siskiyou County and other parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
Piggott, circa 1910: The land that made up much of Clay County was once filled with great bottomland forests.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
Here's how At Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona, sheer cliffs plunge hundreds of feet to lush bottomlands lined with crops, pastures and cottonwood trees.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
But the narrow valley with a meandering river threading its way along the bottomlands was also determined to be a good place to bring electricity to Siskiyou County and other parts of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
Piggott, circa 1910: The land that made up much of Clay County was once filled with great bottomland forests.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 18 June 2024
Here's how At Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona, sheer cliffs plunge hundreds of feet to lush bottomlands lined with crops, pastures and cottonwood trees.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomland
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More than 15,000 mounds jut skyward from the lowlands of Mars’ Chryse Planitia, located near a natural dividing line between the planet’s southern and northern hemispheres.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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However, there is also an 8-hour tour that will take you through mountain ranges and lowlands to track down all the region’s wintering wildlife.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Florida climate is similar to that of the capybaras’ homelands—they are found in every country in South America except Chile, usually in places where dense forests and grasslands meet water sources, such as rivers and swamps.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas These states are subject to big grassland fires that can move very quickly in high wind conditions, putting large numbers of homes a risk, said Radeloff, the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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Hang on to your bonnets, y’all—Laura Ingalls Wilder is making her way back to the prairie.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds to the lakefront, as well as forest preserves, wetlands and prairies.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Around the turn of the century, Israel’s forestry department converted part of the Negev Desert into a savanna, planting trees in a mosaic of natural and altered patches to boost species diversity.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
30 Sep. 2024
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They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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Inspirations drawn from ballet flats add a touch of grace and fluidity, perfectly complementing the relaxed yet refined looks of the season.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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The outcome will finally end the ordeal for Knox that began when Kercher was found murdered in their flat in Perugia on Nov. 1, 2007.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Green Bay is favored in this game, and playing at the freezing tundra of Lambeau Field should help things.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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What's next: The tundra carbon finding is a signal of other fundamental shifts yet to come across the Arctic.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
11 Dec. 2024
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Seventeen-year-old Randy (Laurel Holloman) is a baby butch who enjoys long chain smokes in meadows and illicit tumbles with her married girlfriend in between shifts at the gas station.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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The trail takes hikers across a large meadow and then up to a gap between the First and Second Flatiron, according to AllTrails.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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