This is opposed to Low German, which is spoken on the lowlands and along the flat sea coasts of the north.

Low hills and wastelands meet the sea for long distances.

Low passes are lacking, and the principal roads and the railroads between France and Spain run only in the lowlands at the western and eastern ends of the Pyrenees, near sea level.

During the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, neither England nor the main maritime provinces of the Low Countries, Flanders and Holland, had been major European sea powers on par with Venice, Genoa, Portugal, Castile or Aragon.

SSSI notification can cover any " land " within the area of the conservation body, including dry land, land covered by freshwater, and land covered by the sea at high tide — but not the sea below Mean Low Water.

The central point of the district is the Zwischenahner Meer located near the resort town of Bad Zwischenahn, a lake with an area of 5. 5 km² ( Meer is the German word for " sea ", but in the local Low German, as in Dutch, it means " lake ").

It was a small city which, built on a hill, goes down towards the sea, divided in two: the High city and the Low city.

This is opposed to Low German dialects ( Plattdeutsch, Niederdeutsch ), which developed on the lowlands and along the flat sea coasts of modern northern Germany ( Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, etc.

: Low Earth Orbit ( LEO )-Geocentric orbits ranging in altitude from 160 kilometeres ( 100 statue miles ) to above mean sea level.

Low tide zone organisms include abalone, anemones, brown seaweed, chitons, crabs, green algae, hydroids, isopods, limpets, mussels, nudibranchs, sculpin, sea cucumber, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, sea urchins, shrimp, snails, sponges, surf grass, tube worms, and whelks.

Castiglione della Pescaia consists of a High City built on the hill that ends a chain of hills towards the sea, and of a Low City at the foot of the High City, straddling the drainage canal and marina that form the central part of town.

The Germans were successful in cutting off large portions of the Allied forces in the Low Countries, forcing evacuation by sea, and in driving rapidly through northern France, precipitating the collapse of the French government.

When Low Kim Pong was sixty, he had a dream where he saw a golden light rising from the west over the sea ( the west being symbolic of Buddhism which originated in India, and is west of China ).

Show Low Regional Airport covers an area of 691 acres ( 280 ha ) at an elevation of 6, 415 feet ( 1, 955 m ) above mean sea level.

Low levels of mobile penetration – which stand at 30 percent, a significantly lower percentage than in the rest of the continent – dampen the potential expansion of access to financial services through mobile technology.

Low levels of dopamine lead to high levels of prolactin.

Low phosphate levels are an important limit to growth in some aquatic systems.

A player's " string " of polo ponies may number 2 or 3 in Low Goal matches ( with ponies being rested for at least a chukker before reuse ), 4 or more for Medium Goal matches ( at least one per chukker ), and even more for the highest levels of competition.

Low levels of myo-inositol may be involved in diabetic neuropathy.

# Low levels of exposure ( lower than previously or commonly tolerated ) result in manifestations of the syndrome ( i. e. increased sensitivity ).

Low levels of maternal gene flow from North Africa and the Horn of Africa were also observed in a few groups, mainly via the presence of mtDNA haplogroup M and haplogroup I lineages in about 12. 5 % of the Maasai and 7 % of the Samburu samples, respectively.

Low levels of plasma chylomicron are also characteristic.

Low insulin levels and / or insulin resistance prevent the body from converting glucose into glycogen ( a starch-like source of energy stored mostly in the liver ), which in turn makes it difficult or impossible to remove excess glucose from the blood.

Low water levels have caused groundwater contamination through the springs adding to the regional controversies over water use, endangered suckers ( fish ) and struggling salmon species, and farming.

Low levels of constituents such as PCBs, dioxin, and brominated flame retardants, may remain in treated sludge.

Low molecular weight heparin is a more highly processed product that is useful as it does not require monitoring of the APTT coagulation parameter ( it has more predictable plasma levels ) and has fewer side effects.

Low humidity conditions or watering the plants with a water source which contains high levels of dissolved salts will result in the leaves yellowing and rapidly dying from the tips back to the rhizome.

* Dietary factors ( Low levels of certain vitamins and minerals, particularly magnesium, manganese, and vitamin E ) and also Vitamin D

Low levels of fibrinogen can indicate a systemic activation of the clotting system, with consumption of clotting factors faster than synthesis.

Low levels in 1980s put the Canvasback on lists of special concern, but numbers increased greatly in the 1990s.

Drivers directed Spirit to a smaller sloped feature, dubbed " Low Ridge Haven ", where it spent the long Martian winter, waiting for spring and increased solar power levels suitable for driving.

* Low levels of the hormone testosterone

Low hydro-levels had driven the wholesale market spot prices to very high levels.

* The small button at the top center of the console's lower face is now referred to in the manual as the " Brightness Switch " and selects between two levels of brightness, " Normal "( Low ) and " Bright "( High ) with no off setting.

Low distortion is relatively easy to achieve in electronics with use of negative feedback, but the use of high levels of feedback in this manner has been the topic of much controversy among audiophiles.

Low oxygen levels lead to hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the tightening of small blood vessels in the lung to create an optimal distribution of blood through the lung.

Low nutrient levels also reset the growth threshold so that cell progresses through the cell cycle at a smaller size.

* Low molecular weight gases ( Hydrogen & helium ) may be difficult to remove from the analysis chamber, and may be adsorbed and emitted from the specimen, even though not present in the original specimen.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

Low income people generally spend a similar amount on food, while high income people may spend a very large amount or as little as low income people spend.

Low percentage gels are very weak and may break when you try to lift them.

: ' oxen's head ', with osse being a synonym for steer and bull in Middle Low German ), with an attached hide, and a crown above, may have originated from this period.

; Low throughput: Due to varying load from other users sharing the same network resources, the bit rate ( the maximum throughput ) that can be provided to a certain data stream may be too low for realtime multimedia services if all data streams get the same scheduling priority.

Governor Frederick Low favored the establishment of a state university based upon the University of Michigan plan, and thus in one sense may be regarded as the founder of the University of California.

Low or moderate inflation may be attributed to fluctuations in real demand for goods and services, or changes in available supplies such as during scarcities, as well as to growth in the money supply.

This may have merged later with the belief that butterflies ate milk and butter ( compare Middle High German molkendiep-literally “ milk-thief ”; Modern German Molkendieb and Low German Botterlicker-literally “ butter-licker ”), or that they excreted a butter-like substance ( compare Middle Dutch boterschijte-literally “ butter-shitter ”, also Middle Dutch botervliege, Dutch botervlieg, German butterfliege ).

Low temperatures may have been exaggerated during the early stages of continental rifting.

Low investment has been a long term problem in Fiji and property rights are sometimes thought to be part of this problem because, by law, five sixths of the land is owned communally by indigenous Fijians and may only be leased, not purchased outright.

Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and lead to further reduced fertility.

Low densities may be associated with specialized mate location adaptations such as specialized pollinators, as found in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae ).

Low patient and provider expectations regarding psychological treatment may explain particularly low placebo responses to psychiatric treatments.

This sense may have derived from the 16th-century tip meaning " to strike or hit smartly but lightly " ( which may have derived from the Low German tippen, " to tap "), but this derivation is " very uncertain ".< ref name =" oed2 ">" tip, v .< sup > 4 </ sup >" Oxford English Dictionary.

* LFO-A Low Frequency Oscillator may or may not be voltage-controlled.

Low blood pressure or syncope may ensue.

# Rivers, canals and low land reservoirs: Low land surface waters will have a significant bacterial load and may also contain algae, suspended solids and a variety of dissolved constituents.