low-lying
Example Sentences
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Pokkali, by contrast, doesn’t require groundwater for irrigation, as it is cultivated in low lying wetlands that are inundated with rain water.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
On Monday, in a low lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
That’s because the shoreline is low lying and flood prone to begin with.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2022
Pedestrians have also been advised to avoid low lying footpaths near watercourses.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021
There was coastal flooding, which meant that the low lying highways and many side roads and ramps would be closed.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
