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  • |flower=Spotted Rock-rose ...e is a Nanner, "convent", not far away), [[Mynydd Bodafon]] and [[Holyhead Mountain]]. The island is separated from the Welsh mainland by the [[Menai Strait]],
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  • The rugged mountain areas of Banffshire give way further north to more rolling country with fin ...mountains are thick with forests, some present a beautiful intermixture of rock and copse, while others are covered with brown heath. The greatest mountai
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  • ...he lowlands are geographically the best environment for agriculture of the three areas.<ref name="Newman19">Newman (1995), pg 19.</ref> Settlements in the a ...e]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Pontypridd]], [[Maesteg]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]] and [[Mountain Ash]].
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  • ...oad and rail (which have come on somewhat since Johnson's day) must follow mountain passes or else be blasted through. *[[Ben Nevis]] (4,406 feet), the highest mountain in the [[British Isles]]
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  • '''Liathach''' is a mountain in [[Ross-shire]]; the most famous of the [[Torridon Hills]] and rightly so Liathach is a long mountain, its craggy slopes stretching from Loch Torridon eastwards all to the north
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  • The county can be divided into three parts; Easter Ross, Wester Ross and the Isle of [[Lewis]]. Easter Ross and Wester Ross is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, especially the [[Torridon Hills]] which includes such peaks as [[B
    22 KB (3,583 words) - 09:40, 14 April 2018
  • ...d areas of the Ballyhoura, Boggeragh, Derrynasaggart and the Mullaghareirk Mountain ranges add to the range of habitats found in the county. Important habitats The three great rivers—the [[River Bandon|Bandon]], the [[River Lee|Lee]] and the [
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  • ...unty Leitrim|Leitrim]]. The greater part of its land border is shared with three counties of Northern Ireland: [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]], [[Tyrone] ...ragh. The most northerly part of the island of Ireland is the location for three peninsulas of outstanding natural beauty: Inishowen, Fanad and Rosguill. Th
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  • ...the central plain of Ireland, but the diversified terrain contains several mountain ranges: the Knockmealdown, the Galtee, the Arra Hills and the Silvermine Mo [[File:Rock of Cashel, Tipperary.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Rock of Cashel, seat of the Kings of Munster]]
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  • *Black Rock Mountain, which is 1,965&nbsp;ft high. It is located near the Wexford-Carlow border, *Croghan Mountain (or ''Croghan Kinsella'') on the Wexford-Wicklow border - 1,988&nbsp;ft hig
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  • During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1644-1647, the city was impartially plundered by both sides. In ...st have been quarried in the past, making for spectacular scenery and good rock-climbing.
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  • * Knocklayde, a massive heather covered mountain (1,695&nbsp;ft) crowned by Carn na Truagh (the cairn of sorrow). Easily cli ...ost northernly of the Nine Glens of Antrim, lies at the foot of Knocklayde mountain. It was named after the Princess Taisie, the daughter of King Dorm of Rathl
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  • ...'Tuberaria guttata''||Native||[[File:Tuberaria guttata01.jpg|100px|Spotted rock-rose]] ...ock-rose||''Helianthemum nummularium''||Native||[[File:Solvända.jpg|100px|Rock-rose]]
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  • In May, 2007 the town hosted the Keswick Mountain Festival. * A mining and rock museum.
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  • The '''Brecon Beacons''' ({{lang|cy|Bannau Brycheiniog}}) are a mountain range in [[Brecknockshire]]. It forms the central section of the '''Brecon [[File:Llyn y Fan Fawr.jpg|thumb|left|Llyn y Fan Fawr in the Black Mountain, one of the less frequented parts of the National Park]]
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  • ...in the ''Black Mountains'' called [[Black Mountain, Black Mountains|Black Mountain]]. ....085504|zoom=14}}) is known as the [[Black Mountain, Black Mountains|Black Mountain]], which reaches 2,306 feet and is Herefordshire's [[county top]]; the high
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  • ...its name is ''Beinn Nibheis'' meaning either “venomous mountain” or “mountain with its head in the clouds”. Ben Nevis rises at the western end of the ...hest cliffs in the United Kingdom, they harbour some classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties, and are one of the principal locations in the U
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  • [[File:Rock_of_Gibraltar_northwest.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Western face of The Rock of Gibraltar]] ...f the Iberian Peninsula, to which it is joined by just a low sand-bar. The Rock stands 1,398 feet high at its highest summit, O'Hara's Battery. It stands
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  • ...ken in this area, and there is no traditional Scottish Gaelic name for the mountain, some have proposed that language as an origin, such as William Maitland's Like the Castle Rock on which Edinburgh Castle is built, Arthur's Seat was formed of an extinct
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  • ...altarians and other nationalities. The city now spreads out far beyond the Rock into lands reclaimed from the Bay of Gibraltar. ...ning "mountain of Tariq". The name refers to the geological formation, the Rock of Gibraltar, which in turn was named apparently after the Berber Umayyad g
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