Lowlands

Lowlands

Lowlands or The Lowlands can refer to

;Geographic regions
* Scottish Lowlands, all of mainland Scotland that isn't the Highlands (see also: Central Lowlands)
* Northern European Lowlands, a region of Europe between the Central Highlands and the North Sea
** Low Countries, the countries that inhabit this region
** Silesian Lowlands, the part that lies in Poland
* Caribbean Lowlands, the low-lying eastern side of mesoamerican countries
* Eastern Ridges and Lowlands, a region of Eastern Wisconsin, USA
* Saint Lawrence Lowlands, a region of North American containing the Great Lakes
* Arctic Lowlands, of Northern Canada
* Hudson Bay Lowlands, also of Northern Canada
* Rasmussen Lowlands, again of Northern Canada
* Meshchera Lowlands, of Western Russia

;Ethnographic regions
* Samogitia, one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania (literally meaning "Lowlands")

;Other uses
* Lowlands (music festival), a Dutch music festival
* "Tiefland", a 1954 film directed by Leni Riefenstahl
* "Tiefland", a 1903 opera composed by Eugen d'Albert

ee also

* Lowland, the generic geographic term
* Upland and lowland (freshwater ecology)


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  • Lowlands —   [ ləʊləndz], Scottish Lowlands [ skɔtɪʃ ], zentralschottisches Tiefland zwischen Grampian Mountains (Highlands) und Southern Uplands, 50 80 km breit. Dort leben drei Viertel der Bevölkerung Schottlands …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Lowlands — Low·lands (lōʹləndz) A region of Scotland lying south of the Highlands.   Lowʹland adj. Lowʹland·er n. * * * n [pl] the region of Scotland south and east of the Highlands. It has flatter countryside and a larger population. See also Lallans. * *… …   Universalium

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  • lowlands — [[t]lo͟ʊləndz[/t]] N PLURAL: usu the N (The spelling lowland is sometimes used in American English. The form lowland is also used as a modifier.) Lowlands are an area of low, flat land. ...wherever you travel in the lowlands of the United Kingdom …   English dictionary

  • Lowlands — noun the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous • Syn: ↑Lowlands of Scotland • Derivationally related forms: ↑Lowlander • Instance Hypernyms: ↑lowland • Part Holonyms: ↑Scotland …   Useful english dictionary

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