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These classifications overlap with the geological definitions of "upland" and "lowland". In geology an "upland" is generally considered to be land that is at a higher elevation than the alluvial plain or stream terrace, which are considered to be "lowlands". The term "bottomland" refers to low-lying alluvial land near a river.
Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills; Dell – Small secluded hollow; Doab, also known as Interfluve – Land between two converging, or confluent, rivers; Draw – Terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between
Hollow: A term used regionally for a small valley surrounded by mountains or ridges. In Ireland, New England, Appalachia, and the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri, a hollow is a small valley or dry stream bed; often called a holler. Longitudinal valley: An elongated valley found between two nearly-parallel mountain chains.
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...
Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath , although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation.
Murg Valley in the Black Forest range. A Mittelgebirge (pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] ⓘ; German: Mittel, "middle or mid"; Gebirge, "mountains or mountainous area") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germany; it refers to something between rolling low hill country or Hügelland and a ...
• "sattel zwischen" means saddle between, so the labeling is saying the saddle between A and C is the same saddle as between A and B Route along a saddle. The saddle between two hills or mountains is the region surrounding the saddle point, the lowest point on the line tracing the drainage divide (the col) connecting the peaks
Caribbean Lowlands, the low-lying eastern side of Mesoamerican countries; Eastern Ridges and Lowlands, a region of Eastern Wisconsin; Hudson Bay Lowlands, also of Northern Canada; Lowland, North Carolina, a community in Pamlico County, North Carolina; Rasmussen Lowlands, a region of Northern Canada