highland

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 this week in coastal Nha Trang, while deadly landslides struck highland passes around the Da Lat tourist hub.

From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025

If New Guinea agriculture had really had Asian origins, one might have expected to find highland crops derived unequivocally from Asia, but there are none.

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

In contrast, the far side is dominated by ancient, heavily cratered highlands, with a much thicker crust and relatively few volcanic plains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The rock, called anorthosite, is an igneous material that makes up much of the Moon's bright, reflective highlands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

Windows wrapped around the entire room, giving it a 360-degree panoramic vista that stretched from the North Sea in the east to the sun setting over the highlands in the west.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti