Mead and Bateson chose the upland village of Bajoeng Gede for their research, because a lack of iodine in the villagers' diet made them slow of speech.
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Upland
/ˈʌplənd/
Synonyms for "upland" (121 found)
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agrarianagresticagriculturalagricultural regionalkali flatalluvial plainarable landarcadianbasinblack beltbottomlandbucolicbushveldcampochampaignchampaign countrycitrus beltcoastal plaincorn beltcotton belt
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lunar maremaremeadows and pasturesmesamesillamoormoorlandmoorsmountain-dwellingopen countrypampapampaspastoralpeneplainplainplainsplateauplayaprairieprairies
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provinceprovincesprovincialriserolling countryruralrural districtrusticrustic regionsalt flatsalt marshsalt pansavannasebkhasteppesteppestabletablelandthe countrythe soilthe stickstobacco belttree veldtundrauplandsuppervegaveldwealdwheat beltwide open spaceswide-open spaceswoldwoodlandwoods and fieldsyokeldom
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9 entriesupland climateupland farmupland farmingupland habitatupland meadowupland pastureupland regionupland soilsupland terrain
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The boy had never before strayed so far north as this from the nestling hamlet in which he had been deposited by the carrier from a railway station southward, one dark evening some few months earlier, and till now he had had no suspicion that such a wide, flat, low-lying country lay so near at hand, under the very verge of his upland world.
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They had a load of coals behind them—a fuel that could only be got into the upland by this particular route.
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The agency says its biggest challenge so far has been providing enough shelter from the rain and cold in this upland area.
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