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The Southern Uplands is the southernmost of Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Belt and the Highlands). It is a range of hills and mountains almost 200 km long, stretching from Stranraer in the Irish Sea to Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Central Belt of Scotland is a common term used to describe the area of highest population density within Scotland. ... The Scottish Highlands are the mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. ... A hill in Hungary with a hillside vintage garden For the landform that extends less than 600 metres above the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain, see the mountain article. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Stranraer (An t-Sròn Reamhar in Gaelic) is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and was formerly in the county of Wigtownshire. ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ...


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and it is also made of rotted cow dungts highest peaks being below 900 m above sea level. Although the summits are not high in comparison with the Scottish Highlands and other famous mountain regions, the area is remote and mountainous, containing about 120 marilyns. The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ...


Some of the more notable peaks include:

  • Merrick (843 m)
  • Broad Law (840 m)
  • White Coomb (822 m)
  • The Cheviot (815 m)
  • Corserine (814 m)
  • Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (797 m)
  • Lamachan Hill (717 m)
  • Cairnsmore of Fleet (711 m)
  • Tinto (711 m)

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The hills that stretch from coast to coast between the English Borders and the southern upland fault form the Southern Uplands.
The Southern Upland Partnership aims, through partnership to achieve the integration of environmental, social and economic landuse policies in the Southern Uplands.
Some of the key objectives of the Southern Uplands Partnership include:- To help southern upland communities shape their own sustainable future, to provide a cross regional forum for southern uplands land use issues and to promote integrated farming, forestry, tourism and other sustainable rural businesses.
Ixinos: Island of Amazons - The Southern Uplands (1398 words)
The Southern Uplands is the name given to the large, grassy plateau that makes up the southern end of the island.
While Lodronos is the center of the crop-raising community in the Uplands, Polusiros is concerned with the raising of livestock.
Most of the grassland east of the Upland Ride is given over to grazing land for cattle, horses, and some sheep and goats.
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