Global Information Lookup Global Information

Moorland information


Extensive moorland in the Desert of Wales

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation. Generally, moor refers to highland and high rainfall zones, whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result of human activity.[1] Moorland habitats mostly occur in tropical Africa, northern and western Europe, and neotropical South America. Most of the world's moorlands are diverse ecosystems. In the extensive moorlands of the tropics, biodiversity can be extremely high. Moorland also bears a relationship to tundra (where the subsoil is permafrost or permanently frozen soil),[1][dubious ] appearing as the tundra and the natural tree zone. The boundary between tundra and moorland constantly shifts with climatic change.

  1. ^ a b Rackham, Oliver (1986). The History of the Countryside. Dent. ISBN 978-1-84212-440-6.[page needed]

and 20 Related for: Moorland information

Request time (Page generated in 0.576 seconds.)

Moorland

Last Update:

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes...

Word Count : 1726

Moorlands

Last Update:

Moorlands may refer to: Moorlands, Auchenflower, a heritage-listed building in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Moorlands, South Australia, a locality east...

Word Count : 66

HM Prison Hatfield

Last Update:

HM Prison Hatfield (formerly HMP & YOI Moorland Open) is a Category D men's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located near Hatfield Woodhouse in...

Word Count : 422

HM Prison Moorland

Last Update:

HM Prison Moorland (formerly HM Prison Moorland Closed) is a Category C men's prison and Young Offenders Institution, near Hatfield Woodhouse in South...

Word Count : 540

Magellanic moorland

Last Update:

The Magellanic moorland or Magellanic tundra (Spanish: Tundra magallánica) is an ecoregion on the Patagonian archipelagos south of latitude 48° S. It is...

Word Count : 709

Churnet Valley Railway

Last Update:

Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It operates on part of the former Churnet Valley...

Word Count : 3239

Fletcher Christian

Last Update:

death. Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. Fletcher's...

Word Count : 2373

North York Moors

Last Update:

Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952...

Word Count : 4739

Moorland francolin

Last Update:

The moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. It is found in moorland in the...

Word Count : 216

Staffordshire Moorlands

Last Update:

Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in Leek, the district's largest town. The district...

Word Count : 1638

Roses Bloom on the Moorland

Last Update:

on the Moorland may refer to: Roses Bloom on the Moorland (1929 film), a 1929 German silent historical drama film Roses Bloom on the Moorland (1952 film)...

Word Count : 70

Moorland School

Last Update:

53°52′56″N 2°23′28″W / 53.8821°N 2.3912°W / 53.8821; -2.3912 Moorland School is a selective independent day and boarding school situated in the Ribble...

Word Count : 63

Moorlands College

Last Update:

Moorlands College is an Evangelical Christian training college with a campus based in Sopley (near Christchurch) Dorset, and Regional Centres in Devon...

Word Count : 257

Northmoor Green

Last Update:

commonly known as Moorland, and sometimes mistakenly called Fordgate even though it is a separate hamlet. These places being hamlets of Moorland in the civil...

Word Count : 482

Common hawker

Last Update:

The common hawker, moorland hawker or sedge darner (Aeshna juncea) is one of the larger species of hawker dragonflies. It is native to Palearctic (from...

Word Count : 268

Mountain and moorland pony breeds

Last Update:

Mountain and moorland ponies form a group of several breeds of ponies and small horses native to the British Isles. Many of these breeds are derived from...

Word Count : 990

Finland

Last Update:

Nature Conservation. A third of Finland's land area originally consisted of moorland, about half of this area has been drained for cultivation over the past...

Word Count : 18926

Shrubland

Last Update:

acid-loving dwarf shrubs of heathland and moorland. Fynbos Maquis Prostrate shrub Semi-desert Shrub-steppe Shrub swamp Moorland Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary...

Word Count : 806

England

Last Update:

such as parts of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The Pennine landscape is high moorland in upland areas, indented by fertile valleys of the region's rivers. They...

Word Count : 21579

Scotland

Last Update:

coniferous woodland as well as moorland and tundra species. Large-scale commercial tree planting and management of upland moorland habitat for the grazing of...

Word Count : 22747

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net