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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands has been recognised as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [2] and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation. [4] [1] [5] 154 km 2 of the area is also designated as the Forsinard Flows national nature ...
Interactive map of miniature heritage railways in Great Britain. This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom , the Crown dependencies , and British Overseas Territories whether operational or closed, that are operated for charitable purposes or shareholder profit.
Lewis Peatlands (Scottish Gaelic: mòinteach Leòdhais) is a large area of blanket bog covering more than one third of the Isle of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland. With a total area of 58,984 hectares, it is one of the largest and most intact known areas of blanket bog in the world, [ 2 ] and is the second largest Ramsar site in Scotland.
Geographers' A–Z Map Company Ltd. is the largest independent map publisher in the United Kingdom, providing cartographic services, [1] digital data products [2] and paper mapping publications [3] (including Street Atlases, Visitors' Guides, Great Britain Road Atlases, and The Adventure Atlas).
There are hundreds of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom designated in publications from public authorities, guidebooks and OS maps. [1] They are mainly used for hiking and walking, but some may also be used, in whole or in part, for mountain biking and horse riding.
The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, [1] although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.
These peatlands play an important role in global carbon storage and have very high biodiversity. However, peatlands in Indonesia also face major threats from deforestation and forest fires. [12] In the early 21st century, the world's largest tropical mire was found in the Central Congo Basin, covering 145,500 km 2 and storing up to 10 13 kg of ...
In natural peatlands, the "annual rate of biomass production is greater than the rate of decomposition", but it takes "thousands of years for peatlands to develop the deposits of 1.5 to 2.3 m [4.9 to 7.5 ft], which is the average depth of the boreal [northern] peatlands", [2] which store around 415 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon (about 46 times 2019 ...