How To Use Low-lying In A Sentence

Sea level rises will follow, catastrophically for many low-lying countries.
Tuvalu is one of dozens of low-lying islands threatened with rising sea levels.
Officials were watching flood levels on the Rhine river in the city of Koblenz on Monday that were expected to peak at 25 feet, 4 inches 7 meters, 70 centimeters, and some low-lying parts of the city were under water. Man Feared Dead As Melting Snow Floods Germany
Some of these low-lying areas, with waterlogged deposits blanketed by alluvium, have provided good evidence for Roman farming.
Four more people drowned in eastern India on Wednesday and an overflowing river threatened to inundate low-lying areas around Patna, the populous capital city of Bihar state, relief officials said yesterday.

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Where Lowell lived, this consisted of low-lying conifers, alders, and gorsy thicket.
Seek shelter in low-lying areas, such as dense stands of small trees.
In his most remarkable feat, he constructs a low-lying town in a dry lakebed only to drown it for a spectacular inundation.
More parts of the city, which has already seen its dyke breached and low-lying areas swamped, have been flooded.
Still, the water Tuesday was high enough to flood the city's landmark St. Mark's Square and other low-lying areas.
These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.
low-lying clouds
The area of low-lying swamp or marsh, as revealed through archaeology, is shown in brown.
Low-lying cities such as New Orleans would vanish.
Wild fowl in great variety visit the island, and the low-lying land within the sea-wall is the favourite haunt of many sea-birds; and several varieties of plover, the redshank, greenshank, sandpiper, and snipe may be found there. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
One of the most striking pieces on view was Volkswagen Tire, a scale replica of a car tire made of fired black Oaxaca clay, which was placed on a low-lying pedestal in the center of the main gallery.
Dead ahead was low-lying - the countryside seemingly unpopulated except for the occasional farmhouse and paddock. CORMORANT
On Iona, the threat is to its white sand beaches and the coastal machair which protects low-lying areas further inland.
There will be fog in low-lying areas.
Austria and Italy face similar problems because of their reliance on low-lying resorts. Times, Sunday Times
The issue of rising sea levels, global warming and other natural disasters, such as tsunamis, are issues being faced by all low-lying nations and islands, and aren't specific only to Hulhumale. We Built It and They Are Coming, If Slowly
On Fiji's low-lying islands, salt water intrusion can come from above as well as below.
A broad, low-lying, typically crescent-shaped mound of sandy or loamy matter that is formed by the wind, especially along the windward side of a lake basin.
In lawns, mowing of hawkweeds is ineffective because the low-lying rosettes are missed by mower blades.
When we're talking about disastrous forest fires in the West, usually we're talking about low-lying, dry forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.
He often incorporated sofa-lined niches or low-lying daybeds abundantly piled with tasseled cushions.
All the Moon's multi-ringed impact basins are older than the Moon's second kind of crust, consisting of basalts that have flooded low-lying areas to form the lunar maria.
He often incorporated sofa-lined niches or low-lying daybeds abundantly piled with tasseled cushions.
Cellars of most apartments in the low-lying area were flooded, with cars and two-wheelers submerged in water.
During a prolonged break in the rains the frogs and toads are hushed, except in jhils and low-lying paddy fields.
Lady's smock likes low-lying meadows and the edge of marshes. Times, Sunday Times
The objectors say the problem is that Iburndale Beck runs alongside the land and the area is a low-lying flood plain.
The footprints are from 175 million years ago - about ten million years more recently than Ike's fossil, by which time the Jurassic seas over Yorkshire had given way to a low-lying flood plain.
A broad, low-lying, typically crescent-shaped mound of sandy or loamy matter that is formed by the wind, especially along the windward side of a lake basin.
A spokeswoman warned river levels are high and with further rainfall forecast there may be some flooding on low-lying land near to rivers.
The adjacent low-lying ground, for half a mile in breadth, is a stagnant river, with melancholy trees for islands in it, and a surface punctured all over, all day long, with falling rain.
The coastal region of the Humber estuary is low-lying and gradually eroding inland.
Low-lying nylon-strung verdure cohabited the same space as vocal powwows, a move straight out of the Neutral Milk Hotel gratuity bible.
When not avoiding jungle walks I would go on low-lying, scarily thin boats with outboard motors that would race you out to the water villages.
Very soon after the pilot left, Captain Henry George Kendall, on his first trip with the Empress, saw a low-lying collier coming up the river. Bird Cloud
Some of the world's poorest, most vulnerable and least able to adapt are being worst affected, with small island states such as Kiribati and the Maldives and low-lying developing countries like Bangladesh already on the 'frontlines'. Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum
In his most remarkable feat, he constructs a low-lying town in a dry lakebed only to drown it for a spectacular inundation.
Much of the western part of the country is polders (low-lying lands) that have been reclaimed from the sea by dikes and dunes.
The most dramatic effect would be an increase in sea levels due to melting of the polar ice caps causing many low-lying costal areas to flood.
Well, the lagoons are shallow basins of water planted up with aquatic plant species that naturally occur in low-lying wetland areas.
This is particularly important in low-lying countries such as Bangladesh, where a one-metre rise in sea level would inundate half of the country's rice land with saltwater.
Low-lying tanks allow children to see everything at their eye-level including clown fish, garden eel, frogfish, swell fish, lizards and "pacman" frogs, which resemble the classic '80s video-game character Pac-Man. Finding Nemo
An air traveler coming to Manhattan sees it rising inside the ring of its low-lying suburbs like some astonishing Everest, but one flies into Washington almost as if onto the field of a stadium.
Like other Pescadero residents, willow-tree farmer Neil Curry lives in a low-lying area adjacent to the marsh, land diked generations ago to hold back the wetlands. Tiny Town Is Awash in Water Woes
Archaeological and palaeoecological evidence for the abandonment of low-lying areas at the Latest Articles
Do they allow people in low-lying neighborhoods where the old levees were breached to build again?
Vast areas of low-lying land have been flooded.
In Tuvalu, farmers once dug pits in the sandy soil, filled them with compost and planted taro, but now in low-lying areas, increasingly brackish water is poisoning these root crops.
Many low-lying homes and roads are already flooded, but the Withlacoochee is still rising and is expected to crest on Wednesday morning.
The low-lying, marshy land has been improved by drainage over the past generation.
The area of low-lying swamp or marsh, as revealed through archaeology, is shown in brown.
Late that afternoon Sir Juden Murray was having a daunder [7] in the low-lying haughs which lay along the banks of the Tweed, close to his old tower. Tales From Scottish Ballads
The animal was restive, took the stone very much in dudgeon, ran, and carrying his rider under a tree, Mr. Randolph's forehead was struck by a low-lying limb, and he was thrown off. Melbourne House
Hiding places can be found in between rocks, in tufts of grass or on the branches of low-lying trees or plants.
Swamp forests of bald cypress and tupelo grow in low-lying areas such as floodplains or abandoned river channels.
Indeed, Elmer was raised on what old-timers down home still call the Island, a 2,000-acre tract of low-lying sand and black gumbo that the Mississippi periodically reclaimed.
A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet.
With mid-Atlantic states left sodden by an unusually wet summer, the winds toppled trees and rains flooded creeks and low-lying areas.
It is a rich mosaic of savanna grassland, thickets and woodlands; grasslands: low-lying, hygrophilous and floodplain; sedge swamps, freshwater reed and papyrus swamps; riverine woodlands, swamp forests and forested dunes; the lake with its uniquely variable salinity regime;, underwater macrophyte beds, saline reed swamps, salt marshes and mangroves; rocky and sandy shores, coral reefs and submarine canyons. Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
Next day the roads and hollows or low-lying places resembled closely the sandy, pebbly beach on the sea shore.
The Tuamotus are a group of low-lying atolls that form part of French Polynesia.
The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is. MY EMPIRE OF DIRT
THE apex of the arch is fitted with a warning beacon for low-lying aircraft. The Sun
People may have first been drawn to Thornborough by the River Ure, a route between the Pennines to the west and Yorkshire's low-lying vales to the east.
Just like water automatically rushes to low-lying areas, entrepreneurs automatically rush to the vacuum created by the pressure of demand and non-availability of alternatives.
Authorities have scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeastern Australia and urged low-lying communities to evacuate because of potentially deadly flash floods. Cyclone Yasi roars toward Australia's flooded north
The Alliance of Small Island States warned that that some low-lying countries, such as Tuvalu or the Maldives, were facing "the end of history" due to rising sea levels.
Barely two generations ago, many considered this 1,000-mile swath of low-lying trees and scrubland good only for raising cattle. Scientists Help Make Brazil An Agriculture Dynamo
The area of low-lying swamp or marsh, as revealed through archaeology, is shown in brown.
The city straddles a sandy spit bordering the Gulf of Mexico, it's numerous 10-storey concrete hotels built on low-lying sand-dunes.
Far ahead to the north, across a rock-strewn gulf, was a chain of low-lying mountains locked away behind an otherworldly wall of haze.
The Marshall Islands are a group of low-lying coral atolls and islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
Officials are considering whether to evacuate low-lying areas of Manhattan after hurricane Irene barrelled out of the Bahamas towards a wide swath of the eastern US.
The results could be catastrophic for polar people and animals, while low-lying lands as far away as Florida could be inundated by rising sea levels.
The ecoregion is bordered by the Drakensberg in the east, the arid Karoo and Kalahari in the west, and the low-lying bushveld to the north. Highveld grasslands
An energetically wielded editorial scalpel should have removed all this low-lying fruit and made what is an important manifesto as punchy as it deserves to be. Times, Sunday Times
The Delmarva Peninsula is the low-lying stretch of land shared by Delaware, Maryland and Virginia that divides the bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
Like the Médoc in Bordeaux, the low-lying parts of the Maremma were swampy or marshy for much of their history with chronic problems of malaria.
The essayist and physician Havelock Ellis once suggested that thieves might be recognised by their low-lying ears and small heads.
The biggest concern is for low-lying areas on the southeast of the island that will be impacted, we understand, by dawn tomorrow.
Heavy rain over the weekend brought flooding to low-lying ground on the outskirts of the historic city and to a city centre car park and river walks.
The round house was found directly beneath the low-lying site during survey work for the showroom which will sell Harley Davidson motorbikes.
Most tsunamis appear as an advancing tide without having a developed wave face, resulting in rapid flooding of low-lying coastal areas.
Thanks, Carron for the accolades for Chiapas´ fabulous state capital of Tuxtla Gurierrez - a true tropical non-coastal city at about 1,200 feet altitude on the so - called Chiapas Depression or what I would call the Chiapas low-lying tableland between the Chiapas Highlands with elevations between 7,000 and 12,000 feet and the "Tierra Caliente" or hot lands of the Pacific Coast. Page 2
Few countries in the world face as immediate a threat from climate change as the Republic of Maldives, a low-lying group of atolls in the Indian Ocean whose coastline is eroding and whose water supplies are now being infiltrated by saltwater from the sea. Maldives President Nasheed seeks a low-carbon path
Inland wetlands are common on floodplains along rivers and streams and in other low-lying areas.
The bocage, low-lying country with high hedgerows, offered insufficient routes of advance and canalized American movements, which the Germans easily countered.
Many a low-lying island in the Pacific and Indian Oceans faces the very real threat of slipping beneath the sea.
Around the globe this would drown dozens of cities, including London, and an area of low-lying land greater than the US.
Many vineyards planted in low-lying valleys alongside rice fields have high water-tables and a high risk of flooding.
Make sure costumes are short enough that kids don't trip on them or inadvertently brush them against the low-lying flames in jack-o'-lanterns and candles.
The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is. MY EMPIRE OF DIRT
The people of low-lying islands in Vanuatu, also in the Pacific, have been evacuated as a precaution, but the land still juts above the sea. Archive 2007-01-01
Seven major grassland types have been identified, which consitute about 20% of the park's area: Themeda villosa forms a tall grass cover in clearings in the sal forest; Saccharum-Narenga associations grow as mixed and pure stands of tall grass (Saccharum spontaneum is one of the first species to colonize newly created sandbanks); Arundo-Phragmites associations form dense tall stands along stream beds on the floodplain and around lakes; Imperata cylindrica grows prolificallyin areas within the park which were occupied by villages prior to their evacuation in 1964; various short grasses and herbs grown on exposed sandbanks during the dry months and become much more prolific with the outset of rain in May (e.g. Polygonum plebeium, Persicaria spp. and sedges such as Cyperus, Kyllinga and Mariscus spp.); Cynodon dactylon and Chrysopogon aciculatus and other short grasses grow in highest areas near riverine forest all the year round; and low-lying stands of Saccharum spontaneum, which are destroyed by repeated flooding early in the monsoon. Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal
The Mimika region is largely a low-lying swamp intersected by rivers on Irian Jaya's southern coastal area.
Wild fowl in great variety visit the island, and the low-lying land within the sea-wall is the favourite haunt of many sea-birds; and several varieties of plover, the redshank, greenshank, sandpiper, and snipe may be found there. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
They also say that urban sprawl on hillsides and in low-lying areas has been allowed to grow out of control.
Nearer the coast there is a low-lying plain called the eastern lowveld.
The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is. MY EMPIRE OF DIRT
The objectors say the problem is that Iburndale Beck runs alongside the land and the area is a low-lying flood plain.
Slime molds, in general, are decomposers that cover low-lying plants with plasmodium and fructification without ‘infecting ‘them, for example Diachea thomasii and Physarum cinerea.
Elsewhere in Rhode Island, some low-lying areas of the state closer to the the mouth of Narragansett Bay were already being evacuated on Saturday, a Red Cross spokeswoman said. Storm Barriers Likely to Close in New England
Some were victims of a sudden rise in sea-level near the eye of the cyclone - known as a storm surge - that swept across low-lying land.
In the season there would be plenty of bullrushes in the dykes and ditches in the low-lying areas with a high rainfall.
Low-lying plains sprawl across half the equatorial region in the shape of a scorpion.
THE apex of the arch is fitted with a warning beacon for low-lying aircraft. The Sun
The country is comprised of a wide variety of agro-ecological zones: low-lying coastal plains, a dry highland plateau, northern savannas, and cool, well-watered regions in the northwest and south.
In low-lying areas, the country's water is so salty that many farmers now grow taro in tin-lined containers or concrete-lined planting beds.
He also reviewed the progress of some World Bank-aided projects and the choking of drains by plastic waste and landfills in low-lying areas.
A big problem is that salt water has contaminated a lot of wells in the low-lying areas when this tidal wave came in.
This low-lying land will not carry corn.
Grassland types include hydrophilous grassland on sandy riverine soils dominated by Acroceras macrum and Ischaemum arcuatum; high-lying grasslands on sand, a diverse fire-subclimax community, palm-veld with Hyphaene coriacea and Phoenix reclinata, another fire-subclimax community; Echinochloa floodplain grassland; and low-lying grasslands on clay. Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
Lady's smock likes low-lying meadows and the edge of marshes. Times, Sunday Times
The lithic finds, many of which are arrow heads, date back to the days of the forest, before the low-lying coastal lands were cleared and cultivated.
By the standards of most of England, East Anglia is a low-lying and relatively flat region, but there is in fact much variability in topography and even low hills form clear local eminences.
Low-lying Mung-um-gnackum, the abode of the varied honey-eater, the tranquil dove, and the brooding-place of the night-jar (CAPRIMULGUS) and lovely Kumboola, lie to the south-west, a bare half-mile away. Confessions of a Beachcomber
When you hear the word 'evacuation center,' you have little flashes of bad things from movies," said Ms. Gonzalez, who lives in Coney Island, one of the low-lying areas in that were under the city's mandatory evacuation order. NYT > Home Page
A full moon and strong southeasterly winds have also prompted a coastal flood watch along the low-lying communities perched on the fingertips of marshy bayous. Approach of storm delays effort to boost oil extraction from damaged BP well
Even a distant temblor could cause a levee break, inundating heavily populated low-lying residential areas- and more homes are being built in flood-prone areas each year.
The most dramatic effect would be an increase in sea levels due to melting of the polar ice caps causing many low-lying costal areas to flood.
Shallow pools were then dug in low-lying land along the rivers at Sraghmore a mile away and on the winter freezes provided the ice.
We forecast a fair outlook despite a cold front and especially low visibility in low-lying areas towards the south. Times, Sunday Times
The country is comprised of a wide variety of agro-ecological zones: low-lying coastal plains, a dry highland plateau, northern savannas, and cool, well-watered regions in the northwest and south.
During dryer intervals lightning strikes started fires even on the low-lying areas where they may have spread through the crowns of the trees.
It occupies the high-lying peneplain between South Africa and Swaziland, and borders against the low-lying, older greenstone terrane in the north along a prominent, 500-700 m high escarpment.
But what if we build dams to generate electricity or protect low-lying regions from floods?
Breeding habitat is mostly inland around low-lying marshy areas near lakes.
a low-lying desert
People who live in low-lying areas must move to higher ground to keep away from floods, while those who live on mountainsides must watch out for landslides after heavy rains and be ready to evacuate at any time.
If out in the open, squat out in a low-lying area on the tips of your toes in a "crouch" position, away from other people (electrical current can jump from one person or object to another). Capital Weather Gang
You can find modern racing sleds next to traditional Inuit komatiks, low-lying sleds where the musher simply packs his camping gear and sits down on top of it.
Full of silky, pillows, a futon sat against one of the pale, pastel purple walls while her low-lying bed covered with sheets tie dyed in green, gray, purple, magenta.
He observed that cooling often coincided with dynastic crises in China, when the Mongolian nomads of the northern steppe tended to intrude southward.28 By contrast, Han society, which was based on the irrigation of low-lying plains, had historically thrived during warmer eras when the area of cultivatable land pushed north. When a Billion Chinese Jump
A boxy, low-lying structure about 2 feet tall was surmounted by precarious, spindly towers outfitted with tiny ladders rising to a height of 6 feet.
In course of time — a weak woman carrying a blanket and living on innutritious foods does not struggle through jungle at any remarkable speed — the foothills and then the low-lying country at the junction of two rivers were reached. Tropic Days
Inland wetlands are common on floodplains along rivers and streams and in other low-lying areas.
Bauhaus + beach: Low-lying hi-fi consoles, swoopy chairs, dude-ranch dresses, and those wonderful transparent "Case Study" houses up in the hills. Laying Claim to Its Place in the Sun
Grassland types include hydrophilous grassland on sandy riverine soils dominated by Acroceras macrum and Ischaemum arcuatum; high-lying grasslands on sand, a diverse fire-subclimax community, palm-veld with Hyphaene coriacea and Phoenix reclinata, another fire-subclimax community; Echinochloa floodplain grassland; and low-lying grasslands on clay. Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa
Boundaries have been drawn mostly in the mid-hills and low-lying plains, leaving boundaries in the mountainous areas in both east and west unsurveyed.
The rosettes have small low-lying leaves, whereas shoots can be tall with numerous small flowers that produce siliques containing seeds.
We could see low-lying islands in the Pacific totally disappear as a result of the effect of greenhouse gases.

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