High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like
A land zone sufficiently above or away from freshwater bodies, the water table, and streams to be largely dependent on precipitation for its water supplies
Uplands are areas of high land. a deep valley ringed about by green uplands. lowland
Land at a higher elevation, in general, than the alluvial plain or stream terrace; land above the lowlands along streams
As used herein, any area that does not qualify as a wetland because the associated hydrologic regime is not sufficiently wet to elicit development of vegetation, soils, and/or hydrologic characteristics associated with wetlands Such areas occurring within floodplains are more appropriately termed nonwetlands
Upland places are situated on high land. San Marino, the tiny upland republic It's important that these upland farms continue to survive
A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover