low-lying

[ loh-lahy-ing ]

/ ˈloʊˌlaɪ ɪŋ /

lying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land.

lying below the usual elevation or altitude.

Origin of low-lying

First recorded in 1855–60

Yet when the worldwide economy capsized in late 2008, the ripples of recession arrived like a King Tide to the low-lying island.

Celebrities, Take Note: Anguilla Is Back From the Brink |Debra A. Klein |May 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Five feet of seawater tore through the streets of the low-lying Brooklyn neighborhood Monday night.

Residents in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Assess the Damage After Sandy |Eliza Shapiro |October 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Mounting one of the low-lying walls that surround the park, Hall addressed the returned marchers.

The Occupy Wall Street Blow-by-Blow |Matthew DeLuca |October 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Policies that presently encourage development in low-lying floodplains and coastal areas should be immediately reexamined.

Gore’s Dire Weather Warning |Christopher Dickey |September 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The trains are usually stored in low-lying subway yards and some of those may flood during the hurricane.

Hurricane Questions Explained | |August 28, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
She rejoiced to be near the low-lying, fleecy clouds which a little while ago had aroused her apprehensions for the morrow.

In Apple-Blossom Time |Clara Louise Burnham
At last he made out a long, tawny shape on a low-lying bough of a tree at the very edge of the forest.

The Free Rangers |Joseph A. Altsheler
Miocene beds are found in Corfu and Zante, and Pliocene deposits cover much of the low-lying ground.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 |Various
Through the dark, low-lying mass that marked the feeding maverick herd, a sort of convulsive shudder suddenly ran.

The Boy Scouts On The Range |Lieut. Howard Payson
There had been some lightning in the north, where there was a bank of low-lying clouds.

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi |George Byron Merrick