Physical relief

Britain's physical relief can be roughly divided into two main regions- Highland Britain andLowland Britain. The borderline between the two regions is roughly a line from the mouth of the river Exe in Devonshire, to the mouth of the Tyne on the north-east coast. Historically, this division has been significant for the settlement of people, military conquest, communications, agriculture and industry. To the north-west of the line there is Highland Britain.

Highland Britain

Highland Britain comprises the whole ofScotland (the hills and moors of southern Scotland as well as the mountains of the north); the Lake District, in the north-west of England; the broad central upland chain, known as thePennines; almost the whole ofWales; and the south-west peninsula of England, coinciding with the counties of Devon andCornwall.

The mountains and hills of Highland Britain consist mainly of old, hard rocks, but the top strata in the valleys and the plains are more recent and similar to those in the northern and western part of Lowland Britain. The recent rocks are rich in coal and minerals than have been the foundation of Britain’s industrial wealth. The majority of British coalfields lie in the borderlands between Highland and Lowland Britain.

Lowland Britain

To the south-east of the borderline running from the river Exe to the mouth of the Tyne is Lowland Britain. This comprises most of England, central lowlands of Scotland and some areas in south Wales. The newer and softer rocks of southern and eastern England form a rich plain, more often rolling than flat and rising to chalk and limestone hills, but hardly ever reaching 1,000 feet above sea level. Lowland Britain is fertile, with good arable soil and valuable pastureland.

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