The term originates in the
British Isles where upland pastures constitute approximately 9 million hectares, 48% of agricultural land use in the UK. Upland pastures are also of primary importance to livestock production in western Australia, the
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland ecoregion, in the Andes of
Argentina,
Uruguay,
Paraguay, and western
Brazil, in the
Eurasian Steppes, in
South Africa's
Highveld, in
Switzerland and the
Alps,
Sweden,
Iceland,
India,
Juniper grasslands around
Jabal Sawda in
Saudi Arabia and other Juniper encroached grasslands in the
Middle East including in
Jordan,
Israel,
Turkey,
Kazakhstan, as well as in
eastern European nations, and,
Tibet,
New Zealand,
Ethiopia,
Canada,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Eritrea,
Yemen,
Ghana,
Nigeria,
Papua New Guinea,
Syria, and
Cantabria. File:Upland Pasture Overlooking Haltwhistle - geograph.org.uk - 217647.jpg|Black
Scottish Highland bull in upland pasture overlooking
Haltwhistle, UK File:NRCSVT84001 - Vermont (6683)(NRCS Photo Gallery).jpg|
Jersey cattle grazing central
Vermont, US upland pasture File:Agfr highland shrubs.jpg|Highland shrubs in
Agua Fria National Monument, Arizona, US File:New Zealand - Rural landscape - 9850.jpg|Sheep in
New Zealand upland pasture File:Shillong Eco Park.jpg|Shillong Eco Park upland pasture/ highlands in
Meghalaya, India File:Horton Plains valley.JPG|upland pasture in Horton Plains Valley,
Horton Plains National Park in central highlands of
Sri Lanka File:Lincoln National Forest 2.jpg|Upland pasture in
Lincoln National Forest, southern
New Mexico, US File:Valmarecchia 2.jpg|
Chianina cattle in ,
Italy upland pasture == See also ==