Central Lowlands of Scotland

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geographical region lowland region

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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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lowlands of Scotland	52
Central Belt of Scotland	25
Scottish Lowlands	18
Midland Valley of Scotland	3
Central Lowlands	2
Lowland Scotland	2
Lowlands	2
Scottish Central Belt	2
Central Belt of the Southern Uplands	1
Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands	1
East Central Scotland	1
Midland Valley Terrane	1
Midland Valley terrane	1
Scottish Central Lowlands	1
Scottish Midland Valley	1
West Central Lowlands of Scotland	1
eastern Scotland	1

Statements (71)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (129)

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

Southern Uplands Fault → marksBoundaryBetween → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands

Earls of Queensberry → origin → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

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

Ayrshire → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Borders → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Central Lowlands of Scotland → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Clydebank → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Devil’s Beef Tub → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

East Kilbride → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

eastern Scotland → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Scotland

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Glasgow and Edinburgh → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Edinburgh

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Fife → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Glasgow and Edinburgh → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Glasgow

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Glasgow City → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Grangemouth → partOf → 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

Hamilton → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Kilmarnock → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Kingdom of Fife → partOf → 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

Lothian and Fife → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Ochil Hills → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Midland Valley

Ochil Hills → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

River Almond → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Central Belt

West of Scotland → partOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

First War of Scottish Independence → primaryTheater → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Royal Scots → recruitingArea → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Aberdour → 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

Blackness Castle → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Bothwell → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Cairnryan → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Carnegie of Lour → region → 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

Douglas Castle → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Dunfermline Abbey → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Dunfermline Palace → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Central Scotland

Elie Beach → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Fife Council → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Scotland

Firth of Forth → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland

Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Glenrothes → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Hamilton → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Hamilton Mausoleum → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Hamilton Palace (demolished) → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Inchcolm Abbey → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Inchgarvie → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Kirkcaldy → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

Lauderdale family → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland