The remains from prehistoric times show that the country was inhabited when the present Hungarian lowlands were covered by the ocean. |
These nests and this large songbird's melodious, liquid calls are signatures of the Neotropical lowlands. |
They often move into wooded lowlands in winter, but there is no consistent migration. |
While the country's fertile highlands yield staple foods like yams and cereal grains, the semi-arid lowlands are largely rocky. |
Occasionally I glimpsed in the west a forested, razorback ridge sloping toward the equatorial lowlands below. |
The remainder consists of fertile coastal and riverine lowlands, including a narrow sandy and marshy coastal plain. |