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The Cornubian Massif was an upland area and source of sediment in southwest England during parts of the Late Permian to Early Cretaceous period and through most of the Cenozoic. In extent it covered approximately the current area of Devon and Cornwall .
The Cornubian batholith is a large mass of granite rock, formed about 280 million years ago, which lies beneath much of Cornwall and Devon in the South West Peninsula of England. The main exposed masses of granite are seen at Dartmoor , Bodmin Moor , St Austell , Carnmenellis , Land's End and the Isles of Scilly .
The geology of Cornwall, England, is dominated by its granite backbone, part of the Cornubian batholith, formed during the Variscan orogeny. Around this is an extensive metamorphic aureole (known locally as killas ) formed in the mainly Devonian slates that make up most of the rest of the county.
Gravity anomaly maps of the British Isles are interpreted as indicating the presence of granite plutons in the following areas. The list is not exhaustive: Galloway, UK; Cheviot Hills, UK; Mountains of Mourne, UK; Connemara, Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; South West England (Cornubian batholith and Haig Fras granite), UK; Askrigg Block ...
English: A map of south-west England as defined by the Met Office when describing the climate of south-west England. The counties included are: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and the City of Bristol. The Isles of Scilly are also included in the region.
The South West Regional Assembly (SWRA) was the regional assembly for the South West region, established in 1999. It was based in Exeter and Taunton . The SWRA was a partnership of councillors from all local authorities in the region and representatives of various sectors with a role in the region's economic, social and environmental well-being.
The regions were based on pre-Second World War regions, but were substantially altered in the 1970s, with the merger of South East and Southern regions, and alterations in the north. They were again altered in 1984, to merge the English regions 1 and 2 to become a single North East region, and Scotland's two southern regions (East and West ...
File:South_West_England_districts_2011_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL 2011-05-01T19:06:01Z Nilfanion 1425x1118 (1924863 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description=Map of the [[w:South West England|South West England]] region showing the administrative districts. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched ...