Southern Uplands

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geographical region mountain range upland region

The Southern Uplands are a range of rolling hills and moorland in southern Scotland, known for their rural landscapes, sheep farming, and role as a natural border region with England.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Belt of the Southern Uplands 1
Southern Belt of the Southern Uplands 1
Southern Highland Group 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
upland region ⓘ
borders England ⓘ
contains Cheviot Hills ⓘ
Ettrick Hills ⓘ
Galloway Hills ⓘ
Lowther Hills ⓘ
Merrick ⓘ
Moffat Hills ⓘ
Tweedsmuir Hills ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
drainedBy River Annan valley ⓘ
surface form: River Annan

River Clyde ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) ⓘ
River Nith ⓘ
River Tweed ⓘ
extendsTo United Kingdom coastline ⓘ
surface form: Irish Sea coast

North Sea drainage basin ⓘ
formsNaturalRegionWith Central Lowlands ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
geologicalFeature Southern Uplands Fault ⓘ
geology Ordovician rocks ⓘ
Silurian rocks ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extensive sheep grazing ⓘ
relatively low population density ⓘ
hasClimate cool temperate maritime climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial forestry ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
rural tourism ⓘ
hasLandscapeType moorland ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
highestPoint Merrick ⓘ
knownFor natural border region with England ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
sparsely populated countryside ⓘ
locatedIn southern Scotland ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom ⓘ
popularFor cycling ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
walking ⓘ
separates Central Lowlands ⓘ
Scottish Borders from Central Belt ⓘ
traversedBy Southern Upland Way ⓘ
usedFor forestry ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

central Scotland → borders → Southern Uplands ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Lowlands → borders → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Central Lowlands → boundedBy → Southern Uplands ⓘ
southern Scotland → contains → Southern Uplands ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Scotland
Scottish Borders → containsFeature → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Scottish mainland → hasRegion → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup → hasSubdivision → Southern Uplands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Highland Group
Dukes of Queensberry → historicalRegion → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Central Lowlands of Scotland → liesBetween → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Devil’s Beef Tub → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Dumfriesshire → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Ettrick Hills → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Liddesdale → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Lockerbie → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Lowther Hills → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Moffat Hills → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Southern Upland Way → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Tweedsmuir Hills → locatedIn → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Cheviot Hills → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Ettrick Hills → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Galloway → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Galloway Hills → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Lowther Hills → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands of Scotland
Merrick → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Southern Uplands terrane → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Tweedsmuir Hills → partOf → Southern Uplands ⓘ
MOFFAT → region → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Moffat Water → region → Southern Uplands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Belt of the Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Belt of the Southern Uplands
Central Lowlands → separates → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault → separates → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Moffat Water → sourceLocation → Southern Uplands ⓘ
River Clyde → sourceLocation → Southern Uplands ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) → sourceRegion → Southern Uplands ⓘ
Southern Upland Way → traverses → Southern Uplands ⓘ