Central Lowlands of Scotland

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The Central Lowlands of Scotland are a fertile, densely populated belt of low-lying land between the Highlands and the Southern Uplands, containing many of the country’s major cities and industrial centers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
lowland region
borderedBy Highland Boundary Fault
Southern Uplands Fault
climate temperate maritime
contains Ayr
Ayrshire
Clackmannanshire
Coatbridge
Cumbernauld
Dundee
Dunfermline
East Kilbride
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
surface form: Edinburgh City

Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Glasgow City
Greenock
Hamilton
Kilmarnock
Kirkcaldy
Lanarkshire
Livingston
Midlothian
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
Paisley
Perth
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
Stirlingshire
West Lothian
country Scotland
geology Old Red Sandstone
coal measures
sedimentary rocks
hasCharacteristic densely populated
fertile
low-lying
hasEconomicRole main industrial belt of Scotland
main population centre of Scotland
hasLandUse arable farming
pastoral farming
hasMajorRiver River Clyde
Firth of Forth
surface form: River Forth

River Tay
River Tweed
hasTransportInfrastructure Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line
M74 motorway
M8 motorway
M9 motorway
M90 motorway
knownFor coal mining history
industrial development
shipbuilding
steel production
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
liesBetween Scottish Highlands
Southern Uplands
locatedIn Great Britain
Scotland
United Kingdom
partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scottish Lowlands
separatedFrom Scottish Highlands
Southern Uplands

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Ayr isPartOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Rosyth locatedInRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
Kirkpatrick-Fleming locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
A90 road connectsRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route regionServed Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Coatbridge locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Coatbridge locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Greenock locatedInRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: West Central Lowlands of Scotland
Montrose region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
East Kilbride partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Caledonian Railway connectedRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Lanarkshire locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Lanarkshire partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Ayrshire partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Blackness Castle region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Linlithgow Palace locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Linlithgow Palace region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
William Dunbar region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowland Scotland
Scottish mainland hasRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
West Lothian locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Royal Scots recruitingArea Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Grangemouth partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Lothian and Fife partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Carnegie, Angus belongsTo Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Carnegie of Lour region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Southern Uplands accretionary prism relatedTo Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Midland Valley of Scotland
Southern Uplands accretionary prism relatedTo Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of the Southern Uplands
Orbiston, Bellshill, Scotland locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Elie Beach region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Scone, Perthshire, Scotland locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Aberdour region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Cairnryan region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
M8 region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
M73 motorway region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Scottish clans locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
First War of Scottish Independence primaryTheater Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Edinburgh Airport servesRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Greater Glasgow partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Douglas Castle region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Black Douglases region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Douglas tartan regionAssociatedWith Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Douglasdale regionOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
the Fifteen hasPrimaryTheater Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
eastern Scotland partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Eastern Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Leven (nearby, on Levenmouth rail link) region Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Leven
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Innerleven locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Govan locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Dukes of Douglas region Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Clan Douglas
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
central Scotland overlapsWith Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Central Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Central Belt
Earls of Queensberry origin Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland