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Land that decided to skip the floodplain and live a little higher.
means Ground that sits above the valleys and water tables, often hilly, dry, and harder to farm.
from Old English upp plus land, meaning literally the up part of the land — Anglo-Saxon honesty at its finest.
Game birdPheasants and quail are called upland birds.
Sandpiper twistThe upland sandpiper shuns shores for grassy fields.
Farming realityUpland rice grows without flooded paddies.