plains

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Satellites have photographed the far side before, but the astronauts were the first human eyes to see some parts of the far side's surface and its vast craters and lava plains.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

McMurtry was born in 1936 in Archer City, a town of a few thousand on the sunbaked and featureless plains of north-central Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Some rest over deep troughs or underwater mountains, while others lie across broad, flat plains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

India has long considered Hindu-majority Nepal as a traditional ally, with open borders along the plains.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

She had often studied the map of the United States and crossed its plains, mountains, deserts, and rivers in her imagination.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith