File:The Bog of Tregaron in March, Ceredigion - geograph.org.uk - 1223975.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The_Bog_of_Tregaron_in_March,_Ceredigion_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1223975.jpg(640 × 442 pixels, file size: 147 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: The Bog of Tregaron in March, Ceredigion This position is very close to where the Afon Teifi flows through the Cors Caron raised bog system. The bog covers more than 800 acres (325 hectares). It is 6km in length and provides a habitat for a wide range of wildlife and plants. The bog itself was formed 12,000 years ago when the last of the Ice Age glaciers melted away. A large shallow lake was left, which very gradually filled with sediments and vegetation, forming peat and later, acid peat.

For centuries, local people would go and cut this peat from the bog to burn on the hearth. In 1955, Cors Caron was declared a National Nature Reserve in order to preserve this increasingly scarce land form. In 1993, Cors Caron was placed on a list of wetland sites of international importance under the terms of the Ramser Convention. The bog is now managed by the Countryside Council for Wales.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/walks/pages/cors_caron.shtml
Date
Source From geograph.org.uk
Author Roger Kidd
Attribution
(required by the license)
InfoField
Roger Kidd / The Bog of Tregaron in March, Ceredigion / 
Roger Kidd / The Bog of Tregaron in March, Ceredigion
Camera location52° 14′ 46″ N, 3° 55′ 27″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object location52° 14′ 49″ N, 3° 55′ 30″ W  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: Roger Kidd
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:08, 26 February 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:08, 26 February 2011640 × 442 (147 KB)GeographBot (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1=The Bog of Tregaron in March, Ceredigion This position is very close to where the Afon Teifi flows through the Cors Caron raised bog system. The bog covers more than 800 acres (325 hectares). It is

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata