Natural Landscapes - EU

Example ... The Burren

• North Western Ireland
• County Claire
• Approx 300 km squared
• Glacial Soil
• Caves and Rivers undernearth which flood quickly

• Limestone Formed through layering and compounding of dead animals, plantsand calcium carbonate, under great pressure
• This was forced above sealevel due to movement of the earth's crust
• Limestone is a permiable and sedimentary rock, its is also alkali
• The natural, carbonic acids in rainwater, dissolves the limestone
• This is chemical weathering
• Over thousands of years this creates large cracks or Grykes, which can be up to 3 meters deep

• Iscolated Clint rocks can also be found because of glacial movement
• Glacial Soils don't support much vegitation however, many rare wildflowers can be found eg. Gention
• The Burren is one of the largest Karstic Limestone pavements in Europe
• Part of it is one of Irelands 6 national parks

Source = high up moore-land in Pennines, it recieve 3 times more rainfall than the lower course of the river, also snowmelt and spongey boggy groun

• Larger waterfall - High Force

• Flatter
• broader
• deeper
• faster with a stronger current
• Farmland
• Larger Towns
• Meanders

Human Influences

• resevoirs
• sheep farming
• Quarry - windstone
• Stockton - grew becasue of bridges, raw materials, iron steel, chemical and shipbuilding - straightened river