Southern Uplands
The mountainous region of the Southern Uplands is the southernmost part of the geographical tripartite division of Scotland . To contrast with the northern Highlands , the Southern Uplands and the Central Belt are often referred to as the Lowlands .
geography
The mountain area extends from Stranraer on the Irish Sea in the west to East Lothian and the North Sea in the east. It is divided into two main parts, roughly separated by the River Nith and the parallel M74 motorway, which runs a few kilometers to the east . In the western, smaller Galloway Hills , with the three mountain ranges Awful Hand, in which the highest mountain in the entire Southern Uplands, the 843 m high Merrick , which belongs to the category of the Corbett , stands, and the Dungeon Hills and the Rhinns of Kells . The eastern part, which is much larger in area, is only slightly lower and is again divided into further groups of hills that belong together, the Broad Law as the highest point in the Moffat Hills measures just three meters less than the Merrick. The entire mountain region is distinguished from the highlands mainly by its hill-like character - steeply towering or high mountains and deeply cut valleys are rarely found here. Flora and fauna are nevertheless comparable. Geographically, it includes the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway administrative areas as well as the Cheviot Hills in the north of England .