What is Highland?
The term '''highland''' or '''upland''' is used to mean any [[mountain]]ous region or elevated mountainous [[plateau]]. Generally speaking, ''upland'' (or uplands) means ranges of [[hill]]s,<ref>University of California Museum of Paleontology (1995 and later), [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_U.html#upland upland], UCMP Glossary</ref> typically up to 500-600 meters (1,600-2,000 feet). ''Highland'' (or highlands) usually is used to mean ranges of low [[mountain]]s.<ref>''Montane Foragers: Asana and the South-Central Andean Archaic'', ed. Mark S. Aldenderfer (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1998), p. 2</ref> == Related pages == * [[Scottish Highlands]] == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Landforms]]