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Snowdonia is one of the wettest parts of the United Kingdom; Crib Goch in Snowdonia is the wettest spot in the United Kingdom, with an average rainfall of 4,473 millimetres (176.1 in) a year over the 30-year period prior to the mid-2000s. [33] [34] (There is a rainfall gauge at 713 metres (2,339 feet)on the slopes below Crib Goch.) [35]
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Snowdon (/ ˈ s n oʊ d ən /), or Yr Wyddfa (Welsh: [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] ⓘ), is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales.It has an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
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Wales is a generally mountainous country on the western side of central southern Great Britain. [73] It is about 170 miles (270 km) north to south. [ 74 ] The oft-quoted " size of Wales " is about 20,779 km 2 (8,023 sq mi). [ 75 ]
The summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales Depiction of the Vale of Towy, Carmarthenshire. Wales is located on the western side of central southern Great Britain.To the north and west is the Irish Sea, and to the south is the Bristol Channel.
It is one of the most dramatic and scenic landscape areas in southern Britain. The River Wye ( Afon Gwy ) is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom. [ 10 ] The upper part of the river passes through the settlements of Rhayader , Builth Wells and Hay-on-Wye , but the area designated as an AONB surrounds only the 58-mile stretch lower down ...
Cwm Idwal is a cirque (or corrie) in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers , but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude (relatively high in UK terms), aspect (north ...