highland
Example Sentences
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Whole sections of coastal Nha Trang city were inundated last week, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub.
From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025
Whole city blocks were inundated this week in coastal Nha Trang, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub.
From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025
The slow-moving storm is expected to remain powerful as it crosses Jamaica, whose highland communities are vulnerable to landslides and flooding.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
But using remote sensing technology, archeologists have now found at least two highland cities that sat along a key crossroad of the trade routes.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Hence it seems likely that some of them were also the founding crops of highland agriculture, especially as the ancient drainage systems preserved are so similar to the modern drainage systems used for growing taro.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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