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Upland Britain refers to a semi-natural habitat of the British Isles, generally above 1,000 feet (300 m), including:[1]

  • Brecon Beacons, in southern Wales
  • Black Mountains, in southern Wales
  • Cambrian Mountains, in mid Wales
  • Snowdonia, in northern Wales
  • Dartmoor, in southwestern England
  • Exmoor, in southwestern England
  • Pennines, in northern England
  • North York Moors, in northern England
  • Northwest Highlands
  • Grampian Mountains
  • Southern Uplands, in southern Scotland
  1. ^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, England, 16 October 2014. Access date 25 February 2015.

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drawn-out war for little material gain in the mountainous terrain of upland Britain. When Nero became emperor in 54, he seems to have decided to continue...

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Cord rig

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of its range, and generally the commonest breeding bird in most of upland Britain, but less common further south. Breeding densities range from 80 pairs/km2...

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Splachnum sphaericum

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species of moss. This species occurs in North America. It also occurs in upland Britain, where it is known as round-fruited collar-moss and in north temperate...

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Roman Britain

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Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island...

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Scotland

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country; and the Southern Uplands, a hilly region along the southern border. The Highlands are the most mountainous region of the British Isles and contain its...

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Shieling

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Hebrides, 1776 The shieling system was widespread across Europe, including upland Britain and Iceland. It survives into the 21st century in Norway, Northern Sweden...

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British Raj

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the Indo-Gangetic Plain, a long coastline, tropical dry forests, arid uplands, and the Thar Desert. In addition, at various times, it included Aden (from...

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Forestry Commission

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immediately after the war, was the wider social concern. Large areas of upland Britain, it pointed out, were 'waste' and depopulated, and trees would not only...

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Deaths in August 2009

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Upland moa

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Upland goose

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List of political parties in the United Kingdom

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Southern Uplands

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Discrete debris accumulation

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Southern Uplands Fault

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Ritscher Upland

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