lowland -- n. (adj.) Large area of relatively low relief, usually applied to coastal regions that do not rise high above sea level. upland, highland - ant.
This required differentiating upland flats from lowland flats based on landscape position.
Most of England consists of lowland terrain, with some mountainous terrain in the north-west (Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District), ...
largely rainforest (Spanish: la selva), on the east slopes of the Andes Mountains and descending into the Amazon Basin, with strikingly different upland rainforest with steep, rugged ridges and cascading streams (can be seen around Puyo) and lowland ...
A Colorado dryland wheat farmer knows that some of the best yields are in the lowlands while the uplands tend to "burn-out.
Monadnock:
An isolated hill or mountain of resistant rock rising above an eroded lowland.
grid Military grid system based on the transverse Mercator projection, applied to maps of the Earth's surface extending from the Equator to 84 Degrees north and 80 degrees south latitudes upland Highland; ground elevation above the lowlands ...
Lowland:
A relatively flat area in the lower levels of regional elevation.
Low-Velocity Zone:
A zone within the upper mantle where seismic wave velocities are relatively low. This zone is located about 35 to 155 miles below the surface.
 See also: Area, Region, Image, Map, Surface
  
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