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Recent Examples of bottomland
Piggott, circa 1910: The land that made up much of Clay County was once filled with great bottomland forests.
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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
Paddle through the bottomlands and between bald cypress trees covered in Spanish moss over Big Cypress Bayou, or weave through one of the paddling trails across the lake.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
Floodwaters from the Congaree and Wateree rivers regularly cover the park’s old-growth bottomland hardwood forest, and the upland pine forest depends on wildfires to clear out competing vegetation.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomland
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About one-third of the surface of Mars – mostly in its northern hemisphere – is 2 to 4 miles (3.2-6.4 kilometers) lower in elevation, called the northern lowlands.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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Like other premium Tequila’s it’s made from 100% blue Weber agave, grown in the highlands and lowlands of Jalisco, Mexico.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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About 30% of the area burned by the Mountain fire was grassland, according to a Times analysis of land cover data.Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Daines likes to target big game such as elk and antelope while Thune likes to hunt pheasant in South Dakota’s fields and prairies, which are considered the best pheasant hunting ground in the country.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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There were no bears here until the McCormick Reaper drove New England farmers west to the rich, level prairies in the mid-1800s.Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2024
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Tigers can be found in a diverse range of habitats, from tropical rainforests to savannas, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
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Visitors can wander through a tropical rainforest and savanna grasslands, and even smell an ocean complete with coral reef.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
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Our favorites range from the ultra classic—simple, leather ballet flats with a sweet little bow—to sleek, slipper styles, and Mary Jane flats.Christina Holevas, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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The abduction is depicted as a raid on her flat led by a group of her neighbors, some masked, some not.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Shards of caribou bones and antlers lie on the tundra as ghostly business cards of a bygone migration, greened with mold, and minutely chiseled and mined for calcium by tiny vole teeth.Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
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But two more tundras descended and the other boat dropped them both.Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
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In addition to world-class skiing, Tamarack’s Nordic trail system features nearly 20 miles of paths for classic or skate skis, snowshoes or fat bikes to wind through open meadows and woodlands while enjoying mountain-high views in every direction.Roger Sands, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The ranch property’s elevation rises to more than 9,000 feet with open meadows for cattle grazing, seven ponds, substantial water rights, and an extensive network of roads and trails.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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