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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Edinburgh Princes Street station servedRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Port Glasgow locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: West Central Lowlands of Scotland
Roslin region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Ormiston geographicRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Port Seton region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
The Bannatyne Manuscript region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowland Scotland
Scottish Covenanter army recruitmentBase Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Bilston region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Helix Park region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
North Berwick Golf Club region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Forth Valley partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Central Belt
Bishopton region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Black Cart Water region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Abbot House region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal destinationOfEmigration Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowland Scotland
Belmont Academy hasRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Falkland Palace region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Closeburn Castle region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Bannockburn region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
War of the Rough Wooing location Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Kilmarnock Water locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Fauldhouse region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scotland Central Lowlands
East Calder partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Ballencrieff locatedInRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Polkemmet region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Winchburgh Station region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Torphichen Preceptory locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
Gorebridge region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Annandale, Scotland traditionalRouteBetween Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Cleland locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Calderbank region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Uphall region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Addiewell region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Cairnpapple Hill region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Chapelhall region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
John Cockburn of Ormiston partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Polbeth locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Lords of the Congregation operatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Kinross-shire traditionalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Midland Valley of Scotland
Culross West Kirk region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Mercat Cross of Culross region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Dundas regionOfOrigin Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Tranent region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Stenhousemuir F.C. region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Dumbarton partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) formsPhysiographicRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Midland Valley terrane
this entity surface form: Midland Valley of Scotland
Elie harbour region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Elie village centre region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
village of Elie region Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Elie
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Elie Bay region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland