upland

Everyday

1. Upland is high land, hills or high ground away from the sea. tree →
2. (adjective) Upland describes things in or of high land: upland farms, upland birds. tree →

In the lessons

In geography, uplands are areas of hills and mountains, such as the Scottish Highlands or the Pennines; the land below is the lowland. Upland weather is colder and wetter, and farms there keep sheep more than crops. In The Wind in the Willows the animals look up from the river to the uplands and the far hills.

Examples

• Sheep graze on the uplands. tree →
• The upland farms are small and windy. tree →
• Curlews nest on upland moors. tree →
• Scotland has large areas of upland. tree →
• The river starts in the uplands and flows to the sea. tree →
• Upland streams are fast and cold. tree →
• They had poultry in their yards, sheep on the uplands, and scores of cattle in the meadow-land alongside the river. tree →

Note

Often plural: «the uplands». Opposite: lowland(s). Stress on «up»: UP-lund.