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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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While those species stick to the lowlands of savannahs and coastal forests, the clouded-tiger cat is only found in the mountains of Central and South America.Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Residents of the Potrerillos community, which sits in a tropical lowland in northwest Honduras, were evacuated from their homes due to the weather system, and some sought refuge at a school-turned-shelter.Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
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Smaller explosions peppered the forest and grasslands.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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While mammoths were adapted to cold, open tundras and the grasslands of Europe, North America and Asia during the Ice Age, mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 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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By 2050, the entire region could be irreversibly on the path to becoming a savanna.Nemonte Nenquimo, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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Even our favorite style stars, from Zoë Kravitz to Kendall Jenner, aren't giving their flats up come winter.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
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The teen, who was snapped carrying a watermelon, stood a head taller than his mom, who was photographed in black flats.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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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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With a land mass roughly a quarter the size of the US and a population of only 60,000, Greenland remains a mostly untouched tundra refuge.Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Stone Mountain Loop Trail takes you on a moderately challenging journey past cascading waterfalls, scenic meadows and the park’s iconic granite dome.Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
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Helmed by renowned chef Jean Sulpice, Pere Bice uses the bounty of the lake and its surrounding mountains and meadows to create a menu that employs local meats and produce, along with wild herbs, flowers, and plants.Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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