lowland
pronunciation
How to pronounce lowland in British English:
UK [ˈləʊlənd]
How to pronounce lowland in American English:
US [ˈloʊlənd]
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- Noun:
- low level country
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- Adjective:
- of relatively low or level country
Word Origin
- lowland (n.)
- c. 1500, originally with reference to Scotland, from low (adj.) + land (n.). Related: Lowlander.
Example
- 1. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests .
- 2. A gentle giant : a lowland gorilla mother and her baby .
- 3. A silverback western lowland gorilla is photographed in odzala park in the republic of the congo .
- 4. But lowland species with no mountains nearby , such as those in the vast amazon and congo basins , will have nowhere to go .
- 5. Because the violence has been so persistent and the research areas so vulnerable , scientists don 't really know how badly eastern lowland gorilla populations have been affected .