wolds
Rolling open highlands
Wolds are open, hilly areas of land, typically uncultivated uplands or rolling countryside.
The term survives mainly in British place names—the Yorkshire Wolds, the Lincolnshire Wolds, the Cotswolds—referring to chalk or limestone hills with sparse vegetation.
Outside these geographical contexts, the word is archaic.
Elevated inland terrain
- downlandsUndulating treeless uplands
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
- heathlandOpen shrubby wilderness
- limestone hillsCarbite ridges formed by dissolution
valleys · dales · vales · ridges · escarpments · slopes · grasslands · open country
Hilly English countryside region
- English countrysideRural areas of Britain
- MidlandsEngland's central region
- East RidingYorkshire subdivision, northeast England
- PenninesEnglish upland range
uplands
Elevated inland terrain
- downlandsUndulating treeless uplands
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
- heathlandOpen shrubby wilderness
limestone hills · valleys · dales · vales · ridges · escarpments · slopes · grasslands · open country · high ground
Cotswolds
Hilly English countryside region
- English countrysideRural areas of Britain
- MidlandsEngland's central region
- East RidingYorkshire subdivision, northeast England
farmland
Agricultural terrain
fields · grazing land · barns · homesteads · hamlets · villages · ploughing · harvest · shepherds · flocks