It also inhabits moist savanna and lowland forests. This species is common in lowland and montane forest. The ruff breeds in extensive lowland freshwater marshes and damp grasslands. It inhabits primarily lowland freshwater and brackish wetlands. It primarily occurs in freshwater habitats near coastal and lowland areas. They live in arid lowland or mountainous shrubland or woodland. These distinctions form the basis for the division of rivers into upland and lowland rivers. The Dominican Republic has a tropical rainforest climate in the coastal and lowland areas. The climate of most lowland zones is arid and semiarid. The hero shrew lives in both lowland and mountain forests. Their diversity is highest in wet, lowland forests. Local climates can be divided into three regions, highland, lowland, and coastal. The country is noted for its population of forest elephants and western lowland gorillas. Archaeological research shows that its economy was broadly divided into lowland and highland zones. The northern outskirts of the city border the Polesian Lowland.