mountains of scotland

• the north west highlands are separated from the Grampians to the south by Glen More
• this lowland area contains several lochs (lakes) including Loch Ness
• the mountains form a plateau which has been dissected by steep-sided glaciated valleys
• the west coast has fjords
• the the north of the grampians lies the 80km wide rift valley of the central lowlands
• the southern uplands to the south is another plateau at around 600m where the source of the river Clyde is found