bottomlands

noun

plural of bottomland
as in lowlands

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  1. lowlands
  2. grasslands
  3. prairies
  4. plains
  5. savannas
  6. flats
  7. meadows
Noun
  • Elk Behavior Elk country typically includes a vast area, from very high elevations to the lowlands.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The northern lowlands may have once been home to a large ocean.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of lowlands
Noun
  • More than 85% of the world’s wetlands are gone, according to researchers, and North America has already lost more than half its grasslands.
    — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Up to a million wild black-footed ferrets once bounded in the grasslands from Canada to Mexico, between Arizona and Kansas.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of grasslands
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of prairies
Noun
  • Long before highways connected the ends of Colorado, a network of dirt roads known as the Santa Fe Trail carried commerce across the plains.
    — Michelle Griego, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Extreme to moderate heat warnings are in place for more than 34 million Californians, with temperatures forecast to reach between 92 and over 105 degrees, including along the coastal plains.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of plains
Noun
  • El Niño threatens soy and corn harvests in the south while plunging savannahs and rainforests into drought and sparking wildfires.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.
    — Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of savannas
Noun
  • Her own style has similarly embraced everything from dramatic heels to unexpected flats, and certain shoe brands like Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo became an essential part of her looks.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Forty-one percent of Chicago is zoned for single-family homes or two-flats, and only 11% is zoned for three-flats, four-flats and apartment buildings.
    — Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of flats
Noun
  • To top it off, the mountain retreat includes access to Starwood’s tennis courts and protected meadows.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of meadows
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“Bottomlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomlands. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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