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However, to grow crops like iceberg lettuce and broccoli in a low-lying desert, farmers use more fertilizer than any other county.

Adele had a low-lying placenta - also called placenta previa - a risky condition that increases the chance of dangerous bleeds.

But the hour or so it was in effect was marked by intense anxiety as jurisdictions across the Northern California coast issued evacuation orders for low-lying areas.

She said the landfill was in a low-lying area, and that some of the gases that came from the site were quite heavy.

The rugged, remote region was hours from any towns, and featured low-lying hills, steep alpine cliffsides, and "even glaciated terrain", he said.