Scotland's Earth Heritage and Landscape

In broad terms, the following elements form the foundations of Scotland's unique natural heritage:

 

phto: Weathered rock,near Long Loch, Isle of Rum NNR, Lochaber, West Highland area

photo: Soil formations reminiscent of sub-tropical Africa, known as laterites, baked hard by the lavas of Skye

photo: Aerial view of Linlithgow town and loch, Forth & Borders area

Geology & Geomorphology

Land Cover

photo: Links flowers,Birds foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), Red and white clover (Trifolium sp) and Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) growing on sandy soil, machair, Sumburgh Links, Shetland Isles area

photo: Plantation forest and Schiehallion from Invervar Glen Lyon , Tayside and Clackmannanshire area.

 

Landscape

 


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Geology & Geomorphology

Scotland’s rocks, fossils, landforms and soils

Soils

Land Cover

Biogeography

Landscape

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