heartland
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Tule fog—a dense, low-lying mist named for a reedlike plant that grows in the region’s marshes—can settle over California’s vast agricultural heartland, typically from November through March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Southern Lebanon is the heartland of Lebanon's Shia Muslim community, Hezbollah's main support base.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Job losses were most acute in Ontario, the country’s industrial heartland and home to the bulk of the automotive industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
By the statue hangs a faded banner: Bolivia Mar. When Bolivia declared its independence it had a territorial pseudopod that extended southwest from its Andean heartland through the Atacama Desert to the sea.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Political Geography - Middle School
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