upland plains

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• upland — Synonyms and related words: Arcadian, agrarian, agrestic, agricultural, agricultural region, alkali flat, alluvial plain, arable land, basin, black belt, bottomland, bucolic, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, citrus belt, coastal… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Great Plains — For other uses, see Great Plains (disambiguation). Coordinates: 37°N 97°W / 37°N 97°W / 37; 97 …   Wikipedia

• Western Upland — In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the Western Upland is a geographical region covering much of the western half of the state. It stretches from St. Croix County in the north to the state border with Illinois in the south, and from Rock County in… …   Wikipedia

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

• Peopling of the Americas — ▪ 1999 by Anna C. Roosevelt        New sites and new data from old sites are changing the understanding of the peopling of the Americas. For decades the consensus was that the first Americans were big game hunters who traveled from Asia across… …   Universalium

• Yunnan — /yoo nan , nahn /; Chin. /yyuun nahn /, n. Pinyin. 1. a province in S China. 20,510,000; 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km). Cap.: Kunming. 2. former name of Kunming. Also, Wade Giles, Yünnan. * * * or Yün nan Province (pop., 2000 est.: 42,880,000) …   Universalium

• shortgrass — noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains • Syn: ↑short grass • Hypernyms: ↑grass * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of various grasses that are… …   Useful english dictionary

• Florida — Floridian /fleuh rid ee euhn/, Floridan, adj., n. /flawr i deuh, flor /, n. a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 9,739,992. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Cap.: Tallahassee. Abbr.: FL (for use with zip… …   Universalium

• Panama — Panamanian /pan euh may nee euhn, mah /, adj., n. Panamic /pa nam ik/, adj. /pan euh mah , maw /, n. 1. a republic in S Central America. 2,693,417; 28,575 sq. mi. (74,010 sq. km). 2. Also called Panama City. a city in and the capital of Panama,… …   Universalium

• zebra — zebralike, zebraic /zi bray ik/, adj. zebrine /zee bruyn, brin/, adj. /zee breuh/; Brit. also /zeb reuh/, n., pl. zebras, (esp. collectively) zebra. 1. any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a… …   Universalium

• Dhamar Governorate — Dhamar (Arabic: ذمار‎ Ḏamār), also spelt Thamar, is a governorate of Yemen. It is located to the south and southeast of Sana a Governorate, to the north of Ibb Governorate, to the east of Al Hudaydah Governorate and to the northwest of Al Bayda… …   Wikipedia