terrain
Example Sentences
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The species grows only in rugged terrain near the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Whitney, trekking over mountainous terrain of at least 13,000-foot elevation to get there, said Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
However Prof Murray argues that while legacy cases might fail the new test, the trans rights case is fought on entirely different legal terrain.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
One imagines not the ghost of Cathy or Heathcliff, but a trio of women, very much alive and striding through the heather, their minds alight with the stories they would tell, set among similar terrain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Virtually treeless, it features frosted picture-book mountains that are interspersed with rugged, lava-strewn terrain, giving the landscape an unnatural, almost lunar appearance: American astronauts trained there before their voyages to the moon.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing terrain
List 8
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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