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... Cairngorm Mountains where Watt and Jones recognized three main altitudinal zones above the forest edge ( Fig . 8.22 ) : the Calluna zone , the Empetrum - Vaccinium zone and the Juncus zone ( and snow - patch vegetation ) . The ...
... Cairngorm Mountains where Watt and Jones recognized three main altitudinal zones above the forest edge ( Fig . 8.22 ) : the Calluna zone , the Empetrum - Vaccinium zone and the Juncus zone ( and snow - patch vegetation ) . The ...
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... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British ... Cairngorm itself and during the first seven months of operation 80,000 people used the chair - lift . Over a 5 - day ...
... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British ... Cairngorm itself and during the first seven months of operation 80,000 people used the chair - lift . Over a 5 - day ...
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... Cairngorms are people on day trips . Many will come in their own vehicle but there is a rapidly growing bus and coach tour element in these numbers ( Scotland's bus and coach tour passenger ... Cairngorm Plateau . 244 The impact of man.
... Cairngorms are people on day trips . Many will come in their own vehicle but there is a rapidly growing bus and coach tour element in these numbers ( Scotland's bus and coach tour passenger ... Cairngorm Plateau . 244 The impact of man.
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