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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 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

The three unequivocally foreign elements in New Guinea highland food production as seen by the first European explorers were chickens, pigs, and sweet potatoes.

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

Some visitors liken the landscape to the Scottish highlands, despite its tropical climate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This is in stark contrast to upland Britain - including much of Scotland's highlands and the Welsh mountains - which has remained closer to normal or, in some places, appear slightly greener.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

The New Guinea highlands supported some of the densest populations of Stone Age people anywhere in the modern world.

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




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