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Recent Examples of bottomland
Congaree National Park, South Carolina Congaree National Park is home to the largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the southeastern U.S.
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Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomland
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The northern lowlands are believed to have been home to oceans that covered up to one third of the Martian surface.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Its lush grasslands and graphics are beautiful to look at, but feudal Japan’s landscapes can appear homogeneous.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
19 Dec. 2024
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The movie played on an outdoor cinema screen in an artificially aged amphitheatre nestled in a reservation in the desert, complete with a sprawling savanna.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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Shakespearean undercurrents provide the pulse of the narrative, a cat fight for the throne of a pride of lions on an African savanna alongside a coming-of-age cat tale.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Levi's Wedgie Straight-Leg Jeans $80 $48 at Amazon These jeans have a semi-cropped cut that looks good with booties, ballet flats, and other transitional shoes.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Lipa also forwent rubber flip-flops for a more avant-garde shoe—a pair of Maison Margiela Tabi ballet flats, one of the most polarizing silhouettes in the designer footwear world, thanks to that saucy split-toe detail.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
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Many Arctic plants and animals have adapted to rely on permafrost’s consistency, from forests that root into its surface layer to migratory species that depend on the tundra’s seasonal cycles.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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These are often shorebirds, including birds that breed on the tundra and winter in southern South America.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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The buildings are beautiful and tranquil but fundamentally incongruous (modern architecture mixed with bits of decaying monasteries, gathered from meadows in Catalonia and France).—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Bonus: Jarbidge Wilderness Area is nearby and boasts 150 miles of hiking trails that traverse wildflower meadows and 11,000-foot peaks.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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