southern Scotland

E79571

region of Scotland

Southern Scotland is the region of Scotland lying south of the Central Belt, encompassing areas such as the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway, known for its rural landscapes, historic towns, and cross-border connections with northern England.

Aliases (5)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of Scotland →
borders	England–Scotland border → Northern England →
contains	Ettrick Forest area → Galloway Hills → Moffat Hills → Southern Uplands → Tweed Valley →
country	Scotland →
hasCoastOn	Irish Sea → Solway Firth →
hasSettlement	Annan → Castle Douglas → Dumfries NERFINISHED → Galashiels NERFINISHED → Gretna → Hawick → Jedburgh → Kelso → Kirkcudbright → Langholm → Lockerbie → Melrose → Moffat → Peebles → Selkirk → Stranraer →
hasTransportLink	A1 road (Great Britain) → A74(M) motorway NERFINISHED → East Coast Main Line → West Coast Main Line →
historicalRegionOf	Lowlands of Scotland →
includes	Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED → Scottish Borders →
knownFor	cross-border connections with northern England → historic towns → rural landscapes →
languageTraditionallySpoken	English → Scots →
liesSouthOf	Central Belt of Scotland →
locatedIn	British Isles → Great Britain → Northern Europe → Scotland → United Kingdom →
partlyWithin	Dumfries and Galloway council area → Scottish Borders council area →
traversedBy	River Annan → River Esk (Dumfriesshire) → River Nith → River Tweed →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Borders → Ettrick Forest → Kirkpatrick-Fleming ("southwest Scotland") → Lord of Annandale ("Southern Scotland") → Midlothian ("southeastern Scotland") → Moffat Hills → Moffat parish → River Annan valley → Southern Uplands → Southern Uplands terrane →	locatedIn
Ettrick Hills ("South of Scotland") →	partOf
Earl of Douglas →	powerBase
Troon, Scotland ("South Scotland") →	scottishParliamentRegion
Northern Trains →	serviceArea