SEE: Glaciation: 2A.10B
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- Created on: 28-03-22 09:55
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- 2A.10B: Economic value of glaciated landscapes
- Farming
- TLD: Langdale key area of farming. Lower slopes used for raising sheep, fell tops for sheep grazing
- Flat land used for growing winter feed crops
- Difficult to farm in active glaciated landscapes, some countries rely on fishing instead e.g. Iceland
- TLD: Langdale key area of farming. Lower slopes used for raising sheep, fell tops for sheep grazing
- Mining
- TLD has huge reserves of copper and slate mines. The last workign mine closed in 1991.
- Glaciers remove loose, overlying soil to expose economically valuable rock
- HEP
- Water storage is important in TLD, it is home to reservoirs + aqueducts, which carry water to Manchester
- 20% of Iceland's primary energy use comes from HEP
- Tourism
- Tourism is v. important for TLD, it has 16 million visitors a year, and in 2014 made £1.1 billion from tourism
- The Alps relies hugely on tourism, 120 million visitors a year to 300 different ski resorts
- Forestry
- Forestry generates income in TLD by selling the timber, it also reduces soil erosion
- Farming
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