England consists largely of undulating or flat lowland countryside. But lower hill ranges also stretch over much of the country, most important of these are: theNorth Yorkshire Moores, thelimestone Cotswolds, the chalk North Downs and South Downs, andthe Chiltern Hills . The east of the country is particularly low and flat. Some areas lie below sea level making it look similar to the Netherlands. These low-lying lands include the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, the NorfolkBroads and the SuffolkMarshes.
England's upland areas include such major hilly regions as:
• the broad central upland belt of thePennines forming the 890 km-
long backbone of Britain and reaching thePeak District in the
south;
• the north-western mountain region of theLake District rising to
Scafell Pike (978 m) - the highest point in England andthe
Cumbrian Mountains;
• theCheviot Hills (between England and Scotland);
• theYorkshire dales, running to the east coast of Yorkshire.
In the extreme south-west isCornwall peninsula open to the winds of the At1antic where ancient rocks make a low plateau, rising to the high moorlands of Exmoor and Dartmoor.