Southern Uplands

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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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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

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Cramalt Craig locatedIn Southern Uplands
Cramalt Craig partOf Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands hill lists
Dollar Law locatedIn Southern Uplands
Dollar Law partOf Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands of Scotland
Dollar Law mountainSystem Southern Uplands
Notman Law locatedIn Southern Uplands
Notman Law region Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands of Scotland
Hound Law locatedIn Southern Uplands
Hound Law partOf Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands mountain range
Glenrath Heights locatedIn Southern Uplands
Glenrath Heights mountainRange Southern Uplands
Manorhead locatedIn Southern Uplands
New Donalds partOf Southern Uplands
Tweedsmuir village locatedIn Southern Uplands
Manor Valley locatedIn Southern Uplands
Glenrath locatedIn Southern Uplands
Megget Reservoir locatedInProtectedArea Southern Uplands
Manor Hills locatedIn Southern Uplands
Manor Hills hasView Southern Uplands
Yarrow Water locatedIn Southern Uplands
Ettrick Pen locatedIn Southern Uplands
Ettrick Pen isPartOf Southern Uplands
Ettrick Pen isInProtectedArea Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands landscape area
Croft Head locatedIn Southern Uplands
Croft Head mountainRange Southern Uplands
Bodesbeck Law locatedIn Southern Uplands
White Shank locatedIn Southern Uplands
White Shank mountainRange Southern Uplands
Wind Fell locatedIn Southern Uplands
Wind Fell mountainRange Southern Uplands
Wind Fell partOf Southern Uplands
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands hill ranges
Loch Dee locatedIn Southern Uplands
Cairnsmore of Fleet locatedIn Southern Uplands
Rhinns of Kells partOf Southern Uplands
Range of the Awful Hand locatedIn Southern Uplands
Dungeon Hills partOf Southern Uplands
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn locatedIn Southern Uplands
Loch Valley partOf Southern Uplands
Benyellary partOf Southern Uplands
Shalloch on Minnoch partOf Southern Uplands
The Awful Hand ridge locatedIn Southern Uplands
Minnigaff Hills region Southern Uplands
Selkirkshire locatedIn Southern Uplands
Loch Fell locatedIn Southern Uplands
Loch Fell mountainRange Southern Uplands