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The Caledonian Forest is the ancient temperate forest of Scotland. The forest today is a reduced-extent version of the pre-human-settlement forest, existing in several dozen remnant areas . The Scots pines of the Caledonian Forest are directly descended from the first pines to arrive in Scotland following the Late Glacial ; arriving about 7000 BC .
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La Niña is caused by cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, it leads to drier than normal conditions in the winter months in the Southeast region of the Eastern Temperate Forest. [6] The global ocean current that effects the Eastern Temperate Forest most is the Gulf Stream current which ...
Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, as organisers of the cancelled Hogmanay event in Edinburgh branded this week “challenging”.
Scotland is bordered to the east by the North Sea and to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Scotland has many rivers, lochs, reservoirs and estuaries. The River Tay is Scotland's longest river and is 193 kilometres (120 miles) long. Lakes in Scotland are known as lochs, with the exception of the Lake of Menteith and a few
An amber weather warning for rain is in place in Dumfries and Galloway as well as yellow warnings for snow and ice across most of Scotland.
As of November 2020 the current Chief Forester for Scotland is Helen McKay. [28] [29] Much of the National Forest Estate is managed to encourage tourism and recreation, with facilities such as car park, picnic areas, paths and mountain bike trails. [30] Examples include the six forest parks, [31] and the mountain biking venues of the 7stanes. [32]
The Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning for ice to cover the whole of Scotland. The warning begins at 4pm on New Year’s Day and ends at 10am on Thursday, and covers the west coast ...