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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Mercat Cross, Inverkeithing region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Aberdour Castle region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Craigmillar region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Ceres, Fife, Scotland locatedInRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
West Dunbartonshire council area locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: West Dunbartonshire
Stonehouse hasRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Torphichen hasRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Philpstoun locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Linlithgow Bridge region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Newtongrange region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Largs region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Renfrew locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division recruitmentArea Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division recruitmentArea Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowland Scotland
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division garrison Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division associatedRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Loretto School region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
James Douglas, Lord of Douglas regionOfActivity Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Cumnock historicalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Tillicoultry partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
Ingliston locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Newton Mearns locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
Barrhead region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: West Central Lowlands of Scotland
Lennoxtown locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
the Moray family region Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Moray family
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Castle Dangerous region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Liddel Water region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Inveresk region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Johnstone partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
Strathaven locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
St Enoch Square partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scotland’s Central Belt
Siege of Stirling Castle (1314) theatre Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Douglas Water region Central Lowlands of Scotland
Earls of Douglas region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Ferry-Port-on-Craig region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: West Central Lowlands of Scotland
Upper Largo region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Wemyss villages region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Dunbar Castle
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Lower Largo region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Maxwell family region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire traditionalRegionOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
subject surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Sir William Crichton placeOfActivity Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Leven railway station isInGeographicalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Pentland Hills partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
Currie hasRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Lowlands
The ’45 historicalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
Levenmouth area partOf Central Lowlands of Scotland
Douglas arms historicalRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas region Central Lowlands of Scotland
this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland