Collocations withplain
These are words often used in combination withplain.
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alluvial plain
The forest is located in an alluvial plain.
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arid plain
This, with many smaller lateral canals, soon converted the arid plain into a fertile garden.
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broad plain
For much of the river's length its banks are relatively high, but topped by a broad plain.
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central plain
They include (1) the central plain of the lake, (2) shoreline and delta fronts, and (3) inter-channel areas.
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coastal plain
However, the south-eastern coastal plain, anomalously, is drier to the south of the 1000 mm isohyet (fig. 1).
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fertile plain
According to local informants, a group of brothers separated, and each founded a different village lower down near the edge of the fertile plain.
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flat plain
Finally, the group is constructed on a low, flat plain, an occupational pattern not seen elsewhere at the site.
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grassy plain
In the next scene, she walks in the middle of a grassy plain, and as the heat becomes more and more unbearable, she becomes insane.
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great plain
One night he slept in a great plain where there was a large house.
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high plain
The town is situated in the north of the province on a 1100-1150 m. high plain (ova) which is entirely surrounded by mountains.
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level plain
There is a slight feeling among parish councils that they are not somehow quite on a level plain.
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lowland plain
There is a great difference between 1,000 acres of land on the lowland plain and 1,000 acres on the mountainside.
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northern plains
Maize yields could still have been bountiful with enough irrigation, but two of the most serious factors limiting settlement on the northern plains are water accessibility and quality.
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open plain
It is in an open plain, in a delightful part of the world.
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rolling plain
Instead, nearly three-quarters of its land formed a rolling plain ideal for planting crops.
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sandy plain
The newly formed sandy plain and the ponds formed in it are the third zone.
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smooth plain
Its floor is covered by the smooth plain material and displays a kidney-shaped collapse feature, which is also called a central pit.
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southern plains
In this film, the musicians speak openly, honestly and passionately about this unique musical form born in the heartland of the southern plains.
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surrounding plain
The area is divided in two parts, the main tell that is above the surrounding plain, and the lower acropolis which covers an area of.
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vast plain
This absence of trees and hedges and the fact that the countryside is gradually changing from what we have been accustomed to into a vast plain, has several effects.
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wide plain
This wide plain consists of an area of grey sandy outwash cut with deep gullies created by glacial meltwater.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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