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low-lying Definition

low·-lying (lō′lī′iŋ)

adjective

  1. having little or no elevation above a surface or level, esp. ground level or sea level low-lying hills, low-lying flood plains
  2. lying below the usual altitude or level low-lying clouds

low-lying Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • mist: Behind a screen of trees on the further bank rises a hill above low-lying mist.
  • plain: Much of the country is taken up with a low-lying alluvial plain which covers about 75 % of the country.
  • meadow: Fishbourne Meadows Orchid Fishbourne Meadows is an area of low-lying damp meadow next to the harbor at the top of Fishbourne channel.
  • island: A few hundred meters offshore, a couple of low-lying islands form a natural harbor wall.
  • land: Low cliffs give way to low-lying lands toward the east.
  • basin: They occur throughout the UK in flat low-lying basins.

Modifying Another Word

  • relatively: The Dromore Lowlands is a relatively low-lying landscape to the south of the Kilwarlin Plateau.
  • generally: Its generally low-lying landscape is interrupted only where it rises to a height of nearly five hundred feet at its very western end.
  • very: Sutton Common lies in an area of very low-lying land with a high water table.
  • fairly: A third possible example in a fairly low-lying location between the two sites was destroyed in the 19th century.
  • so: At least 11 nuclear sites are so low-lying they could be drowned or damaged by rising seas, causing radioactive waste to leak.