highland
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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
A second restriction on the size of highland populations was the limited available area: the New Guinea highlands have only a few broad valleys, notably the Wahgi and Baliem Valleys, capable of supporting dense populations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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
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
These highlands are a strategic asset that protects the country from invasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Children in the New Guinea highlands have the swollen bellies characteristic of a high-bulk but protein-deficient diet.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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