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A map of the principle Topographic Regions of the United Kingdom

A map of the principle Topographic Regions of the United Kingdom

 

The map above shows the principle topographic or relief areas of the United Kingdom and Eire. These names are also in generic use by the population to describe location.

 

Key ID

Topographic Region

Key ID

Topographic Region

1

Islands of N.E. Scotland (Orkney and Shetland)

2

Caithness Lowlands

3

N.W. Highlands (a-Northern, b-Southern)

4

Hebrides (a-Inner, b-Outer)

5

Buchan Lowlands

6

Grampians (a-North-eastern, b-South-western)

7

Central Lowlands of Scotland

8

Southern Uplands

9

Tweed Basin (Merse of Berwick)

10

Cheviots

11

North-eastern Lowlands

12

Northumbrian Fells

13

Solway Lowlands (a-Vale of Eden)

14

Pennines (a-Northern, b-Central, c-Southern)

15

Lake District

16

North York Moors

17

Vales of York and Trent

18

Eastern Pennine Foothill Fringe

19

Lancastrian Lowlands

20

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire scarps and vales

21

East Anglia

22

Fen district and Bedford Lowlands

23

East Midland plateaux

24

West Midland plateaux

25

Lower Severn and Warwickshire Avon valleys

26

Chilterns

27

Oxford clay vale (Upper Thames and Bristol Avon valleys)

28

Cotswolds

29

London basin

30

Wessex Downs (including Salisbury Plain and White Horse Hills)

31

Mendip Hills

32

Weald

33

Hampshire basin

34

Somerset plain

35

South-western England (a-Exmoor, b-Dartmoor, c-Bodmin Moor)

36

North Wales coastal lowlands and Anglesey

37

Mountains of North Wales

38

Welsh Border hills

39

Dissected plateaux of central Wales

40

West Wales coastal lowlands

41

Lower Wye basin

42

Dissected plateaux and mountains of South Wales

43

South Wales coastal lowlands

44

Isle on Man

Ireland

45

Antrim plateaux

46

Bann valley

47

N.W. Highland (a-Northern, b-South-western)

48

Lagan valley

49

County Down lowland

50

North-eastern hills (including the Mourne Mountains)

51

Ox Mountains

52

Western uplands (a-Northern, b-Southern)

53

Central lowland

54

Leinster hills (including the Wicklow Mountains)

55

South-central hills

56

Lower Shannon lowlands

57

North Clare hills

58

Feale Hills (or Mullarghareiks)

59

South-eastern lowland

60

South-western ranges and valleys

 
 

 

 

 

 

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