Презентация "Moorland of the British Isles" 8 класс
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Moorland of the British Isles
Presented by Demina M.E.
Teacher of English
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas, characterised by low growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland nowadays generally means uncultivated hill land in high rainfall zones. The old English moor is closely related to heath
Heather Moorland On The North Yorkshire Moors
Natural vegetation of the British MoorsCalluna Vulgaris (Heather)
Cotton-grass
Bracken
Crowberry
Dartmoor- National Park founded in 1951.
- The largest area of granite in Britain – 625 square kilometers.
Most of it is under superficial peat deposits.
Dartmoor tors in snow
- Much more rainfalls on Dartmoor than
- Bogs form on the highest land where the
- The most notable of the bogs is
in the surrounding lowlands.
rainfall exceeds 2,000 mm a year.
Fox Tor Mires
The Dark Peak is the high, wild northern part of the Peak District in England. The land is uninhabited moorland plateaux where almost any depression is filled with sphagnum bogs and black peat.
Peak District - national park founded in 1951.
North Yorkshire MoorsNational Park, founded in 1952.
North Yorkshire MoorNorth Yorkshire Moor
Round hill, the summit of Urra Moor
The face stone,
Urra Moor
Standing stone amongst purple heather in Rosedale in the North York Moors.
