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

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.

Leven (nearby, on Levenmouth rail link) → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
subject surface form: Leven
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Linlithgow Palace → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Lyne Burn gorge → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
M73 motorway → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
M74 motorway → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
M8 → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Maiden Castle hillfort → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Montrose → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Red Douglases → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
River Carron → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
River Clyde → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
Scots → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Turnberry Castle → region → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
West Lomond → 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
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
Lothian → regionOf → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route → regionServed → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → regionServed → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt 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
Southern Uplands Fault → rockUnitsNorthOfFault → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midland Valley terrane
Highland Boundary Fault → separates → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Central Lowlands
Southern Uplands Fault → separates → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Lowlands
Highland Boundary Fault → separatesRockTerranes → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midland Valley Terrane
Edinburgh Airport → servesRegion → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Belt of Scotland
Battle of Loudoun Hill → theatre → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Battle of Methven → warTheater → Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands