Notable Moorlands
Notable areas of upland moorland in Britain include the Dark Peak, the Forest of Bowland, the Lake District, the Pennines, Mid Wales, the Southern Uplands of Scotland, the Scottish Highlands, and a few very small pockets in western Herefordshire.
- Bleaklow, Dark Peak, UK
- Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
- Curry and Hay Moors, Somerset
- Dartmoor, and Dartmoor wildlife, Devon
- Emley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Exmoor, West Somerset & North Devon
- Forest of Bowland, Lancashire
- Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
- Kersal Moor, Greater Manchester
- Marston Moor and North York Moors, North Yorkshire
- Migneint, Gwynedd and Conwy
- Rannoch Moor, Highlands, Scotland
- Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire
- Rossendale Valley, Lancashire
- Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester
- Shropshire Hills, small pockets of moorland such as the Long Mynd
- Somerset Levels and Moors, central Somerset
- Staffordshire Moorlands, South West Peak District
- West Pennine Moors, including Oswaldtwistle Moor, Haslingden Moor, Rivington Moor and Darwen Moor in Lancashire
- Ythan Estuary complex, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, largest coastal moorland in the United Kingdom, known for high biodiversity
There are numerous moorlands outside the UK; some other notable examples are:
- Längsee Moor, Austria
- Tanner Moor, Austria
- Großes Torfmoor, Germany
- Sumapaz Paramo, Bogotá, Colombia (world's largest moorland)
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