The region is physically diverse , featuring a number of highland areas , including the Sierra Madre de Chiapas and the Montañas Centrales ( Central Highlands ) , a southern littoral plain known as Soconusco and a central depression formed Coming_to_be by the drainage of the Grijalva River .

The first highland colonial town in Chiapas , San Cristóbal de los Llanos , was established Creating by Pedro de Portocarrero in 1527 .

500,000 inhabitants of the highland Caucasus being deported Removing by Russia in the 1860s .

when `` fall rot '' ( case red ) , the final german offensive , began Process_start on 5 june , the ix corps of the french tenth army ( including the 51st ( highland ) infantry division ( major-general victor fortune ) of the british expeditionary force ( bef ) after it arrived Arriving from the saar on 28 may ) , was pushed Hold back to the bresle river .