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The phrase "upland" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to land that is elevated or situated at a higher elevation, often in a geographical or ecological context. Example: "The hikers enjoyed the breathtaking views from the upland trails that overlooked the valley below."
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upland
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The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands).
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Androscoggin, county, southwestern Maine, U.S. Its topography includes lowlands in the south and a hilly upland region in the north.
On the plateau itself, the Miao practice subsistence agriculture, growing upland crops.
While the Dong are experienced lowland rice cultivators, they are also skillful in forestry and in growing upland crops.
The mountains receive abundant rainfall, and with intensive agriculture (upland rice, sorghum, corn [maize], cassava), including some irrigation from streams, Luguru lands can support upward of 800 people per square mile (300 per square kilometre) in some places.
In the Southern Hemisphere a cold-climate flora, typified by seed ferns, dominated upland environments and became a source of coal deposits as well.
The lowland rainforests of pine, teak, and mahogany extend to the hilly upland region.
The hen harriers report, written by a group of five ecologists headed by Prof Steve Redpath, studied the expected capacity of upland shooting estates for breeding hen harriers and compared that to the actual number found.
It was York, Harrogate, the upland moors and the lowland dales.
Gamekeepers are employed on the upland estates to ensure plentiful supplies of wild grouse.
I swing for the line of cool blue hills, an upland oasis promising an hour or two of views, breezes and lung work on the way back north.
Somewhere in this charming upland was a modest guesthouse where, 22 years ago, my new wife and I found ourselves stranded with only enough money for one of us to take the boat back to Naples to beg some cash from the only person we knew there.
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