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highland

[hahy-luhnd] / ˈhaɪ lənd /










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The reader advances across Mr. McKay’s superb translation as though compelled by a fierce highland wind.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Despite that short evolutionary history, the plants have adapted to remarkably different habitats across the islands, including humid highland forests and hot, dry lowlands.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Interestingly, the same gene has experienced strong positive selection in central African rainforest hunter-gatherers and in highland populations of Ecuador.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

Whole city blocks were inundated last week in coastal Nha Trang, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub.

From Barron's Nov. 23, 2025

By around 5,000 years ago, pollen analyses testify to widespread deforestation of highland valleys, suggesting forest clearance for agriculture.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

His background as an expert on South America adds color and authenticity to his narrative, offering rich descriptions of the land, flora and fauna of the Peruvian-Chilean coastline and highlands as backdrop to Miller’s adventures.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

A flatbed truck carrying a tank rolled through the highlands, making its way through fields of blossoming pink almond trees and yellow wildflowers.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

As the interior cools, the surface contracts, creating the compressional forces that formed lobate scarps in the highlands.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

"Gezani will cross the central highlands from east to west today, before moving out to sea into the Mozambique Channel this evening or tonight," the service said.

From BBC Feb. 11, 2026

Like her, he had come down from the highlands, and she asked him to station a guard in the backyard because she had the impression that hens were being stolen.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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