4. UK Evolving Physical Landscape: UK Physical Landscape Flashcards
1
Q
How is the UK landscape made up?
A
Mountains
Coasts
Rivers
Large Upland and Lowland areas
2
Q
Where are upland areas and give examples?
A
Tend to be in North and West
Grampian Mountains - Highlands - Ben Nevis largest UK mountain
Steep rocky, sparsely populated
Snowdonia - glaciated, upland area - rock from extinct volcanoes
Steep mountains e.g Snowdon; and glaciated valleys
3
Q
Where are lowland areas and examples?
A
Tend to be in South and East
Cheshire Plains - low flat land, deposition from glaciers, fertile used for dairy farming
Downs and the Weald - lowland, wide valley, between parallel hills of the Downs, covered in forest now mainly agriculture.
