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   What does Moorland mean?

   • Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation.

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   What does Moor mean?

   • For other uses, see Moorland (disambiguation). Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.

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   What is a moorland landscape?

   • Moorland generally refers to open upland landscapes dominated by heather and maintained through human management. It is found above the limit of enclosed agricultural land and below the theoretical climatic tree line at about 600m (the tree line is, however, largely absent in the UK, with woodland having been replaced by moorland at this altitude).

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   What is a Moor in Scotland?

   • Scottish "muirs" are generally heather moors, but also have extensive covering of grass, cotton-grass, mosses, bracken and under-shrubs such as crowberry, with the wetter moorland having sphagnum moss merging into bog-land. [ 1 ] There is uncertainty about how many moors were created by human activity.

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   What is moorland used for?

   • Moorland is generally used for hill farming, with extensive areas also managed for game shooting. Both may include burning, which promotes the growth of young, fresh heather shoots for livestock and red grouse.

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   Where are the moorlands in the UK?

   • Notable areas of upland moorland in Britain include the Lake District, the Pennines (including the Dark Peak and Forest of Bowland), Mid Wales, the Southern Uplands of Scotland, the Scottish Highlands, and a few pockets in the West Country. Moorlands are called páramos in Spanish.

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   Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMOORLAND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun [ C or U ] uk / ˈmɔː.lənd / / ˈmʊə.lənd / us / ˈmʊr.lənd / Add to word list. an area of moor. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses. alpine tundra. brush. bush. Bushman. desert. dust bowl. heathland. marginal land. moor. mulga. pasture. plain. the Gobi Desert. tundra. veld. virgin. wadi.

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   Moorland generally refers to open upland landscapes dominated by heather and maintained through human management. It is found above the limit of enclosed agricultural land and below the theoretical climatic tree line at about 600m (the tree line is, however, largely absent in the UK, with woodland having been replaced by moorland at this altitude).

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6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › moorlandMOORLAND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   British an area of moor.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   The meaning of MOORLAND is land consisting of moors : a stretch of moor. How to use moorland in a sentence.

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   What does the word moorland mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word moorland , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Moorland definition: an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.. See examples of MOORLAND used in a sentence.