Highlands

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Highlands on the map

What can you see?

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The greatest poet of Scotland�

Robert Burns

1759-1796

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• The UK is full of beauty. The landscape of the UK is very different in different parts. We can say it is varied. For example, we can see plains there. Plains are flat, there are no hills on plains, there are no mountains on plains.

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• There are highlands in the north, which are brown on a physical map. They are above the sea level. So, highland is an area of land that is high and consists of hills and mountains. What can you see in the highlands?

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• In the mountains there are also areas of flat land. They are called valleys. A valley is a low area of land between mountains or hills, usually with river flowing through it.

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• In the highlands there are often moorlands. Moorlands are large areas of high land covered with grass, bushes and heather.

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• In the south and along the coast in the UK there are lowlands. On a physical map lowlands are usually green, because they are below the sea level. They are covered with grass.

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• In a word, the landscape of the UK ranges from highlands to lowlands. It’s varied and it’s full of beauty.

What can you see?

I like…/ I don’t quite like…

I think they’re attractive (unattractive, beautiful, dull, picturesque, amazing, fantastic, super, great, marvelous, fascinating).