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	Lowlands or The Lowlands can refer to Geographic regions Scottish Lowlands Scottish Lowlands The Scottish Lowlands , although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Scottish Highlands , that is, everywhere due south and east of a line between Stonehaven and Helensburgh .... , all of mainland Scotland that isn't the Highlands (see also: Central Lowlands Central Lowlands The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south.... ) Northern European Lowlands Northern European Lowlands The North European Plain is a Geomorphology region in Europe. It consists of the low plain between the Central European Highlands to the south and the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the north.... , a region of Europe between the Central Highlands and the North Sea Low Countries Low Countries The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers.... , the countries that inhabit this region Silesian Lowlands Silesian Lowlands Silesian Lowlands are Plain located in Silesia, Poland. It's part of the Northern European Lowlands.... , the part that lies in Poland Caribbean Lowlands Caribbean Lowlands The Caribbean Lowlands are a common region in Central American nations. It is the area usually on the Eastern side of a country, bordering the Caribbean Sea.... , the low-lying eastern side of mesoamerican countries Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Eastern Ridges and Lowlands The Eastern Ridges and Lowlands is a geographical region in the eastern part of the United States state of Wisconsin, between the Bay of Green Bay in the north and the border with Illinois in the south.... , a region of Eastern Wisconsin, USA Saint Lawrence Lowlands Saint Lawrence Lowlands The St. Lawrence Lowlands is an ecoregion of the Mixedwood Plains, a physiographic region of Canada and the United States. It is sometimes named the "Great Lakes/St.... , a region of North American containing the Great Lakes Arctic Lowlands, of Northern Canada Hudson Bay Lowlands Hudson Bay Lowlands The Hudson Bay Lowlands is a small, poorly drained piece of wetlands wedged between the Canadian Shield and southern shores of Hudson Bay and James Bay.... , also of Northern Canada Rasmussen Lowlands Rasmussen Lowlands The Rasmussen Lowlands is a 3,000 km? coastal plain complex of wetlands in Nunavut, Canada. It was designated a Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance by the Ramsar Convention on May 24, 1982.... , again of Northern Canada Meshchera Lowlands Meshchera Lowlands Meshchera Lowlands , also referred to as simply "Meshchera"/"Meshchyora" is a spacious lowland in the middle of the European Russia. It is named after the Finno-Ugric Meshchera tribe, which used to live there.... , of Western Russia Ethnographic regions Samogitia Samogitia Samogitia is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania.... , one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania (literally meaning "Lowlands") Other uses Lowlands (music festival) A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known as simply Lowlands, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. Lowlands is, together with Pinkpop, one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the country, with about 60,000 visitors, over 200 acts and more than ten stages every year which are named acco... , a Dutch music festival Tiefland, a 1954 film directed by Leni Riefenstahl Tiefland Tiefland (opera) *Tiefland* is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Eugen d'Albert to a libretto in German by Rudolph Lothar. Based on the 1896 Catalan people play Terra baixa by ?ngel Guimer?, Tiefland was d'Albert's seventh opera, and is the one which is now the best known.... , a 1903 opera composed by Eugen d'Albert See also Lowland Lowland In physical geography, a lowland is any broad expanse of land with a general low level. The term is thus applied to the landward portion of the upward slope from oceanic depths to continental highlands, to a region of depression in the interior of a mountainous region, to a plain of denudation, or to any region in contrast to a highland .... , the generic geographic term Upland and lowland (freshwater ecology) Upland and lowland (freshwater ecology) In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland and lowland. Upland habitats are cold, clear, rocky, fast flowing rivers in mountainous areas; lowland habitats are warm, slow flowing rivers found in relatively flat lowland areas, with water that is frequently coloured by sediment and organic matter....