Snowdonia
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Snowdonia, or '''''' (), is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon (), which is tall. These peaks are all part of the Snowdon, Glyderau, and Carneddau ranges in the north of the region. The lower Moelwynion and Moel Hebog ranges lie immediately to the south.
Key facts
- Mountain.fetchwikidata
- NONE
- Mountain.name
- Snowdonia
- Mountain.country
- Wales, United Kingdom
- Mountain.country_type
- Country
- Mountain.image_map
- Snowdonia National Park UK relief location map.png
- Mountain.map_width
- 280
- Mountain.map_caption
- Relief map of Snowdonia, within the national park boundaries
- Mountain.orogeny
- Caledonian
- Mountain.highest
- Snowdon
- Mountain.area_km2
- 2,130
- Mountain.area_ref
- (national park)
- Mountain.photo
- Snowdon Ranger path on a cold February day. (16431627106).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View of Llyn Cwellyn from the Snowdon Ranger path
- Mountain.location
- North Wales
- Mountain.range
- Glyderau
- Mountain.subdivision1_type
- Northern ranges
- Mountain.subdivision2_type
- Southern ranges
- Protected area.child
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Extent
- National park
- Geology
- Geography
- Mountains
- Rivers and lakes
- Coast
- Settlements
- Transport
- Roads
- Railways
- Buses
- Climate
- History
- Natural history
- Flora
- Fauna
- Conservation designations
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- National nature reserves
- Special Areas of Conservation
- Special Protection Areas
- Ramsar sites
- Economy
- Hill farming
- Forestry
- Slate industry
- Energy production
- Tourism
- Hiking
- Recreational routes
- Use of {{lang|cy|Eryri}} in English
- References
- External links
Snowdonia, or '''''' (), is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon (), which is tall. These peaks are all part of the Snowdon, Glyderau, and Carneddau ranges in the north of the region. The lower Moelwynion and Moel Hebog ranges lie immediately to the south.
The national park has an area of (the fourth-largest in the UK), and covers most of central and southern Gwynedd and the western part of Conwy County Borough. This is much larger than the area traditionally considered Snowdonia (Eryri), and in addition to the five ranges above includes the Rhinogydd, Cadair Idris, and Aran ranges and the Dyfi Hills. It also includes most of the coast between Porthmadog and Aberdyfi. The park was the first of the three national parks of Wales to be designated, in October 1951, and the third in the UK after the Peak District and Lake District, which were established in April and May 1951 respectively. The park received 3.89 million visitors in 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Snowdonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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