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GCSE Geography · key term
An area of relatively low land, often with flatter or gently rolling terrain.
Used by AQA, Edexcel and OCR
Specification 3.1.3.1 · Paper 1
An area of relatively low land, often with flat or gently rolling terrain.
Revise: UK Physical LandscapesThe UK's lowlands lie mainly in the south and east, particularly across central and southern England. Their relief is generally gentler than that of the uplands.
Paper 2
Lowland does not mean completely flat. Lowland landscapes can include gently rolling hills.
Upland, lowland and glaciated are not three mutually exclusive categories: an upland landscape can also be glaciated.
Use qualifiers such as ‘mainly’ and ‘generally’. Not all uplands have the same rock type, and lowland landscapes are not always completely flat.
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An outline UK map helps you locate large features, such as mountain ranges, lowland basins and rivers. An Ordnance Survey (OS) map shows a smaller area in much greater detail, allowing you to recognise both natural features and the features people have created.
Specification 3.1b · Paper 1, Paper 3
An area of relatively low land, often with flatter or gently rolling relief.
Revise: UK Physical LandscapesLowlands are relatively low areas, often with flatter or gently rolling relief. They are concentrated mainly in central, southern and eastern England. Norfolk is an example of a lowland area; the Cotswolds and South Downs show that these landscapes can also include rolling hills rather than being completely flat.