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

At the time, this region was an elevated landscape surrounded by hot, dry plains.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

But this time, Thapa has chosen to run from Sarlahi, mainly a farming district southeast of the capital, on the plains bordering India.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The term mesteño, meaning stray or wild, became, in cowboy-speak, mustang — that legendary, free-roaming denizen of the high plains.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

‘Parts which have been sea are now land,’ he said, and ‘mountains have been turned into plains, and plains into mountains, and the like.’

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin