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The Southern Uplands consist mainly of Silurian sedimentary deposits deposited in the Iapetus Ocean 420 million years ago. [1] These rocks were pushed up from the sea bed into an accretionary wedge during the Caledonian orogeny, roughly 400 million years ago (), when the continents and terranes of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia collided.
There are three main geographical sub-divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a diverse area which lies to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault; the Central Lowlands is a rift valley mainly comprising Palaeozoic formations; and the Southern Uplands, which lie south of the Southern Uplands Fault, are largely composed of Silurian ...
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The Moffat Hills [1] are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a roughly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south-east facing side. It is 17 kilometres from east to west across this triangle and some 16 kilometres north to south. The highest point is White Coomb at 821 m (2694 ft).
The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway.They lie within the bounds of the Galloway Forest Park, an area of some 300 square miles (800 km 2) of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by Forestry and Land Scotland.
The Southern Uplands Fault (or occasionally Southern Upland Fault) [1] is a fault in Scotland that runs from Girvan (or more specifically from the Rhins of Galloway) to Dunbar on the East coast. It marks the southern boundary of the Scottish Midland Valley [ 2 ] and the northern margin of the Southern Uplands ; indeed it is recognised as a ...
The Southern Uplands — one of the 3 main geographic Regions of Scotland. Scotland portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 ...
The Southern Upland Way is a 344-kilometre (214 mi) coast-to-coast long-distance footpath in southern Scotland. [2] The route links Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east via the hills of the Southern Uplands. [1] The Way is designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot and is the longest of the 29 Great Trails. [1]