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an area of high ground
there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest
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Recent Examples of highlands
The appearance of this boundary varies around the planet, with some areas seeming to link the lowlands directly to the highlands, while others contain sharp cliffs.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
The southern highlands are heavily pockmarked by craters and stand as much as 5 miles (8 kilometers) higher on average than the smooth, rolling plains of the lowlands above them.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Tucked into the lush highlands of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, the lodge partners with the Itzamna Society to offer guests cave tours and waterfall hikes in the park.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
As well as this, the southern highlands are ancient, cratered and magnetized, dating back to a time when Mars had a global magnetic field.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Israel seized the strategic highlands from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.
—Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
The southern highlands are heavily pockmarked by craters and stand as much as 5 miles (8 kilometers) higher on average than the smooth, rolling plains of the lowlands above them.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Tucked into the lush highlands of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, the lodge partners with the Itzamna Society to offer guests cave tours and waterfall hikes in the park.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
As well as this, the southern highlands are ancient, cratered and magnetized, dating back to a time when Mars had a global magnetic field.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Israel seized the strategic highlands from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981.
—Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Highlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highlands. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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