Editing Scottish Borders (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Topo map Scottish Borders, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian.png|thumb|right|Topographic map of Scottish Borders and Lothian]]

The Scottish Borders are in the eastern part of the [[Southern Uplands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitsouthernscotland.co.uk/|title=Accommodation – Dumfries and Galloway – Ayrshire and Arran – Scottish Borders – Southern South West Scotland – Hotels – Bed and Breakfasts – Self Catering Holiday Cottages|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=8 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108171800/http://www.visitsouthernscotland.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The region is hilly and largely rural, with the [[River Tweed]] flowing west to east through it. The highest hill in the region is [[Broad Law]] in the [[Southern Uplands#Hill ranges|Manor Hills]]. In the east of the region, the area that borders the River Tweed is flat and is known as 'The Merse'.<ref>p. 47 of{{Citation | author1=Banks, F. R. (Francis Richard) | title=Scottish Border Country | date=1951 | publisher=Batsford | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10125169 | access-date=20 October 2016 }}</ref> The Tweed and its tributaries drain the entire region with the river flowing into the [[North Sea]] at [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] in [[Northumberland]], and forming [[Anglo-Scottish border|the border with England]] for the last twenty miles or so of its length.

The term ''Central Borders'' refers to the area in which the majority of the main towns and villages of [[Galashiels]], [[Selkirk, Scottish Borders|Selkirk]], [[Hawick]], [[Jedburgh]], [[Earlston]], [[Kelso, Scottish Borders|Kelso]], [[Newtown St Boswells]], [[St Boswells]], [[Peebles]], [[Melrose, Scottish Borders|Melrose]] and [[Tweedbank]] are located.

Two of Scotland's 40 [[National scenic area (Scotland)|national scenic areas]] (defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure their protection from inappropriate development)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/safeguarding-protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/national-designations/national-scenic-areas/|title=National Scenic Areas|publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage|access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref> lie within the region:<ref name=nsa-area>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/Countryside/Heritage/Areas/maps|title=National Scenic Areas – Maps|publisher=SNH|date=2010-12-20|access-date=2018-03-07|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140337/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/Countryside/Heritage/Areas/maps|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Eildon and Leaderfoot National Scenic Area]] covers the scenery surrounding [[Eildon Hill]], usually called the Eildons because of the three 'peaks', and extends to include the town of [[Melrose, Scottish Borders|Melrose]] and [[Leaderfoot Viaduct]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/921/0109900.pdf|title=Eildon and Leaderfoot National Scenic Area Map|publisher=Scottish Natural Heritage|date=2010-12-20|access-date=2018-03-03|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118202051/http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/921/0109900.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Upper Tweeddale National Scenic Area]] covers the scenery surrounding the upper part of the [[River Tweed]] between [[Broughton, Scottish Borders|Broughton]] and [[Peebles]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/921/0109901.pdf| title=Upper Tweeddale NSA Map| publisher=[[Scottish Natural Heritage]]| access-date=2018-07-03| archive-date=3 August 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803215153/http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/921/0109901.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>