Friday, 7 December 2012

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF IRELAND (List of items)

1) LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES
North: The Drumlin Belt, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
South: The Celtic Sea
West: The Atlantic Ocean
East: North Channel, Saint George’s Channel, The Irish Sea

 2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF
Ancient massifs/belts: DRUMLIN BELT
Northern mountain ranges: DERRYVEAGH MOUNTAINS, BLUE STACK MOUNTAINS, and MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE
Western mountain ranges: PATRY MOUNTAINS
Eastern mountain ranges: WICKLOW MOUNTAINS
Southern mountain ranges: GALTEE MOUNTAINS, KNOCKMEALDOWN MOUNTAINS, and MACGILLYCUDDY’S REEKS
Plains: CENTRAL PLAIN
Valleys, Vales, bogs and Basins: BOYNE VALLEY, GOLDEN VALE, SHANNON BASIN, BOG OF ALLEN

3) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY
Rivers: Flowing into the Irish Sea: BOYNE, LIFFEY
Flowing into the Celtic Sea: BARROW-NORE, SUIR, BLACKWATER
Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean: FOYLE, ERNE, SHANNON
Lakes/Loughs: UPPER LOUGH ERNE, LOUGH CONN, LOUGH MASK, LOUGH CORRIB, LOUGH LEANE
Lakes of the Shannon: LOUGH ALLEN, LOUGH BOFIN, LOUGH REE, and LOUGH DERG

4) ELEMENTS OF T HE COAST
Seas and oceans: IRISH SEA, CELTIC SEA, ATLANTIC OCEAN
Peninsulas: INISHOWEN, MULLET, COLE, DINGLE, IVERAGH, BEARA, HOOK, and COLLEY Islands: ARAN ISLAND, ACHILL, ARAN ISLANDS, VALENTIA, LAMBAY ISLAND
Capes/heads: MALIN HEAD, HORN HEAD, SLYNE HEAD, LOOP HEAD, OLD HEAD OF KINSAEL, THE HOOK, CARNSORE HEAD HOWTH HEAD
Gulfs and bays: DONEGAL BAY, CLEW BAY, GALWAY BAY, SHANNON MOUTH, CORK HARBOUR, DUBLIN BAY

To find the geographical items listed above click here. This is the site of the school of  Saint Cronan, at Wicklow, you can also find political maps, make quizzes and obtain blank maps to study

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