The Howardian Hills lie to the north-east of York, nestling between the Vale of York, the North York Moors National Park and the Yorkshire Wolds. Its designation as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) was confirmed in 1987, in recognition of its national landscape importance.
This beautiful, distinctive landscape covers an area of 79 square miles (204km²) of well-wooded rolling hills, bogs, rivers and a patchwork of arable and pasture farmland. Also, there are scenic villages and ancient parkland with luxurious country mansions such as Castle Howard from which the area takes its name.
It covers 79 square miles (204km²) within is beautiful and distinctive landscape are many farms, scenic villages and some of the finest stately homes
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Almost the entire Gap is within the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The Gap also links the Vale of Mowbray to the Vale of Pickering.
Rift valleys are formed by the subsidence of a block of the Earth’s crust between two or more parallel faults. A fault is a large crack in the Earth’s crust where one part of the crust has moved against another part. In cross-section, rift valleys appear like a gorge with steep sides and a wide floor. The amount of vertical displacement of rocks due to faulting is called the throw. The steep slope or long cliff that occurs from faulting and subsequent erosion, which separates the two relatively level areas of differing elevations, is called an escarpment.
The Coxwold-Gilling Gap is formed by two parallel faults, both running roughly east-west. The fault on the north side approximately follows the Oswaldkirk to Ampleforth road. The fault on the south side produces the escarpment of the north face of the Howardian Hills, running westwards from Gilling (named Gilling East on some
Dawlish warren is a major sand spit at the mouth of the River Exe, and
Yes this feature is the result of erosion and depositional processes however, it is not associated with the current water course. This feature may be the result of a Gilbert type delta that once occupied this area. Gilbert type deltas have three main components; topsets, foresets and bottomsets. Topsets are fluvial sediments (primarily sandur deposits) that were deposited on the subaerial delta surface. Erosive events occurring on the upper forslope can result in downslope channels and chutes. These features are then eroded by either strong currents or by debris flow resulting in these channels and chutes to become filled. Foresets are a combination of sand and gravel facies. The are deposited by gravitational processes on the delta foreslope and the grains tend to become finer and more angular downslope. Bottomsets consist of fine grained silts and clay and are deposited at the foot of the delta front.
The Precambrian Shield Rocks found in the Brickworks was formed in an ancient sea more than 1.4 billion years ago. Over many years, the heat and pressure from plate tectonics slowly pushed the land into a mountain chain. During the Ordovician period (around 470- 448 million years ago), the mountain chains This layer of shale and limestone is called the Georgian Bay
The site visited on this day was informally known as the Bedrock Knob (NTS grid reference: 120 342). It is in an area where patches of limestone and exposed bedrock are common. The bedrock is part of the Preca...
and the action of the St John River, slack water in the Habour occurs at
North Sea to the east. Part of the Naze is made up of a hill, which
This leads across the river Swale and passed the attractive waterfall of East Gill Force to reach East Stonesdale Farm. From here we continue over wild moorland to the Tan Hill Inn, which is Great Britain’s highest inn, standing at 1732 feet (528m) above sea level.
Figure 2 - Close up of the study area, Silver beach is located just on the border of Captain Cook Drive
The setting of the town is described by the author as that of any normal rural
The area has been turned into a wildlife preserve to help maintain those ecosystems. The
...he surrounding vegetation. Lassen’s environment is rich and beautiful and will remain so as long as it is preserved.
Anglesey is an island located to the North West of Wales. It is separated by a narrow stretch of tidally influenced water called the Menai Strait.
picturesque hills that face the sea with weather worn cliffs. The Island has numerous scattered
When many people hear about the term “landscape”, they immediately think that it means “nature”. The natural landscape does play an important role in our society but what is more important is the landscape that we make and occupy. So, what exactly is “landscape”? The term can be illiterate in many ways but the definition given by the European Landscape Convention is perhaps the most useful and widely agreed one. It states that a landscape is ‘an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and human factors.’ This definition captures both the idea of landscape being physical like a tract of land, but also something that is mind and social shared, something that is perceived by the people. When it comes to Landscape Architecture, the International Federation of Landscape Architects says that ‘Landscape Architect conduct research and advise on planning, design, and stewardship of the outdoor environment and spaces, both within and beyond the built environment, and its