1
: high land especially at some distance from the sea : plateau
2
: ground elevated above the lowlands along rivers or between hills
upland
adjective
Examples of upland in a Sentence
the animals huddled on the upland as the floodwater rose
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Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Agroforestry’s potential Arabica coffee, the most common variety sold globally, naturally evolved as an understory shrub, performing best in cooler tropical uplands with good drainage and often partial shade.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Agroforestry’s potential Arabica coffee, the most common variety sold globally, naturally evolved as an understory shrub, performing best in cooler tropical uplands with good drainage and often partial shade.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Dune and swale systems are globally rare; this topographic variation — upland in the dunes, lowland in the swales — combines with the region’s unique confluence of biomes — particularly oak savanna, prairie and wetlands — to pack a lot of biodiversity into the preserve’s 42 acres.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
It's located in northern Arizona, encompassing about 278 miles of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Upland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upland. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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upland
noun
up·land
ˈəp-lənd 
-ˌland
: high land especially at some distance from the sea
upland
adjective
Geographical Definition
Upland
geographical name
Up·land
ˈəp-lənd
city in southern California west of San Bernardino population 73,732
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