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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOWLAND , in See also:

physical See also:geography, any broad expanse of See also:land with a See also:general See also:low level. The See also:term is thus applied to the land-See also:ward portion of the upward slope from oceanic depths to See also:continental See also:highlands, to a region of depression in the interior of a mountainous region, to a See also:plain of denudation or to any region in contrast to a highland. The Lowlands and Highlands of See also:Scotland are typical.

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