Lowlands

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cultural region historical region

The Lowlands are a historically and culturally significant region of southern and eastern Scotland characterized by relatively flat, fertile terrain and dense population compared to the Highlands.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lowlands canonical	43
Lowlands of Scotland	3
Lowlands–Gaelic frontier zone	1
eastern Lowlands	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWith	Scottish Lowland identity ⓘ
borders	Scottish Highlands ⓘ Southern Uplands ⓘ
characteristic	fertile land ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic ⓘ
contains	Ayrshire ⓘ Borders region ⓘ central Scotland ⓘ surface form: Central Belt Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh metropolitan area Falkirk council area ⓘ surface form: Falkirk area Fife ⓘ Greater Glasgow ⓘ surface form: Glasgow metropolitan area Lanarkshire ⓘ Lothian ⓘ
contrastedWith	Scottish Highlands ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
culturalFeature	Scottish literature ⓘ surface form: Lowland Scots literature Lowland agricultural customs ⓘ distinct Lowland music traditions ⓘ
demographicRole	home to majority of Scotland’s population ⓘ
dominantLanguageInModernEra	English ⓘ
economicRole	industrial heartland of Scotland ⓘ main agricultural region of Scotland ⓘ
extendsTo	Firth of Clyde ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ North Sea coast ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	early area of Roman contact in Scotland ⓘ early center of Scottish kingdom ⓘ
historicalLanguageShift	from Gaelic to Scots and English ⓘ
historicalSignificance	core area of Scottish Lowland culture ⓘ
knownFor	arable farming ⓘ dense settlement patterns ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Scots ⓘ Scottish English ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Scotland ⓘ southern Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Scottish mainland ⓘ
politicalSignificance	contains Scottish Parliament ⓘ contains Scottish capital Edinburgh ⓘ
populationDensity	higher than Highlands ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
terrain	low-lying ⓘ relatively flat ⓘ
transportRole	main transport corridor of Scotland ⓘ
urbanizationLevel	high ⓘ
usedInContrastTo	Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ surface form: Highlands and Islands

Referenced by (48)

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

Pittenweem → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Glasgow–Edinburgh railway line → locatedIn → Lowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Buckhaven → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Scottish English → region → Lowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Jacobite rising of 1715 → mainTheater → Lowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Scottish rail network → connectsRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

Scotland → hasRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

Lochgelly → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Monifieth → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Perth → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Cupar → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Renfrewshire → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Picts (early period) → culturalRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Lowlands

Scone → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Inverkeithing → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland → region → Lowlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Glamis Castle

Tantallon Castle → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages → region → Lowlands ⓘ

House of Hamilton → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Scotch whisky → majorRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

Carrick → culturalRegionOf → Lowlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lowlands–Gaelic frontier zone

House of Dun → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Leuchars → hasRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

CUPAR → locatedIn → Lowlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Cupar

Wedderburn Castle → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Greywalls, Gullane → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Lennoxlove House → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Closeburn → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Musselburgh → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Cellardyke → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Strathclyde → borders → Lowlands ⓘ

Muirhead → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Alba → historicalRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

parish of Auchterderran → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Moodiesburn → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Rutherglen → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Kilrenny → region → Lowlands ⓘ

East Wemyss → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Pencaitland → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Ladybank → region → Lowlands ⓘ

southeastern Scotland → historicalRegionOf → Lowlands ⓘ

subject surface form: Southeastern Scotland

Bishopbriggs → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Traquair House → region → Lowlands ⓘ

New Abbey → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Gatehouse of Fleet → hasRegion → Lowlands ⓘ

Moniaive → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Creetown → region → Lowlands ⓘ

Scottish Region → servedRegion → Lowlands ⓘ