The term refers to the comparitively lower [[latitude]]s of the region rather than to its [[topography]]; although the Highlands are considerably more mountainous, the Lowlands are far from flat. However a few authorities do place the Northern, but flat county of [[Caithness]] in the Lowlands. | The term refers to the comparitively lower [[latitude]]s of the region rather than to its [[topography]]; although the Highlands are considerably more mountainous, the Lowlands are far from flat. However a few authorities do place the Northern, but flat county of [[Caithness]] in the Lowlands. |