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The Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria was declared a national nature reserve by Natural England and the National Trust on Wednesday. Rare English rainforest to become protected nature reserve Skip to ...
Borrowdale. Fells formed of the volcanics around Borrowdale. The Borrowdale Volcanic Group is a group of igneous rock formations named after the Borrowdale area of the Lake District, in England. They are Caradocian (late Ordovician) in age (roughly 450 million years old). [ 1 ]
Coordinates: 54.42°N 2.665°W. Borrowdale (Westmorland) from the slopes of Grayrigg Forest. Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District. [1][2] It is located in the county of Westmorland, and is sometimes referred to as Westmorland Borrowdale in order to distinguish it from a more famous Borrowdale located in Cumberland. The valley ...
The geology of Great Britain is renowned for its diversity. As a result of its eventful geological history, Great Britain shows a rich variety of landscapes across the constituent countries of England, Wales and Scotland. Rocks of almost all geological ages are represented at outcrop, from the Archaean onwards.
Celtic Rainforest is a colloquial term which refers to the temperate rainforest of Ireland and Great Britain. These woodlands are also variously referred to as Atlantic rainforest, Upland Oakwoods, Atlantic Oakwoods or Western Oakwoods. Today, the Celtic Rainforest exists as small fragments of the temperate rainforest that once covered much of ...
List of known rainforests. The Celtic rainforests in Wales are mainly situated in North Wales and Mid Wales, particularly river valleys of Ceredigion, Gwynedd (specifically Snowdonia) and Powys. [24] Some examples include: [3][24] Coed Llechwedd Einion (Powys) Coed Cwm Einion (Ceredigion) – within Dyfi Biosphere, sometimes "Artists Valley".
Seathwaite, Borrowdale is the wettest inhabited place in England with an average of 3,300 mm (130 in) of rain a year, [36] while nearby Sprinkling Tarn is even wetter, recording over 5,000 mm (200 in) per year; [37] [38] by contrast, Keswick, at the lower end of Borrowdale, receives 1,470 mm (58 in) every year, and Penrith (just outside the ...
Rainforests support a very broad array of fauna, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and invertebrates. Mammals may include primates, felids and other families. Reptiles include snakes, turtles, chameleons and other families; while birds include such families as vangidae and Cuculidae. Dozens of families of invertebrates are found in ...