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The Habitats Directive ( more formally known as Council Directive 92 / 43 / EEC on the Conservation ___MASK54___ natural habitats and ___MASK54___ wild fauna and ___MASK93___ ) is a ___MASK14___ directive adopted in 1992 as an EU response to the Berne Convention . It is one ___MASK54___ the EU ' s two directives in relation to wildlife and nature conservation , the other being the Birds Directive . A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water , either permanently or seasonally , such that it takes on the characteristics ___MASK54___ a distinct ecosystem . The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation ___MASK54___ aquatic plants , adapted to the unique hydric soil . Wetlands play a number ___MASK54___ roles in the environment , principally water purification , flood control , carbon sink and shoreline stability . Wetlands are also considered the ___MASK31___ biologically diverse ___MASK54___ all ecosystems , serving as home to a wide range ___MASK54___ plant and animal life . Llangollen is a small town and community in ___MASK88___ , ___MASK64___ - ___MASK45___ ___MASK95___ , situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains . It had a population of 3 , 658 at the 2011 census . A biome is a formation ___MASK54___ plants and animals that have common characteristics due to similar climates and can be found over a range ___MASK54___ continents . Spanning continents , Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to a shared physical climate . Biomes are distinct from habitats , because any biome can comprise a variety ___MASK54___ habitats . Arenig Fawr is a ___MASK99___ in ___MASK50___ , North ___MASK95___ , located close to Llyn Celyn reservoir alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and ___MASK81___ . The ___MASK76___ Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain , separating South Wales from ___MASK17___ and Somerset in South West England . It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn to the North Atlantic Ocean . It takes its name from the English city of ___MASK76___ , and is over 30 miles ( 50 km ) across at its widest point . The ___MASK30___ Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator . For other planets in the Solar System , north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth ' s North pole . Due to the Earth ' s axial tilt , winter in the ___MASK30___ Hemisphere lasts from the December solstice ( typically December 21 UTC ) to the March Equinox ( typically March 20 UTC ), while summer lasts from the June solstice ( typically June 21 UTC ) through to the September equinox ( typically September 23 UTC ). The dates vary each year due to the difference between the calendar year and the astronomical year . Evapotranspiration ( ET ) is the sum ___MASK54___ evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth ' s land and ocean surface to the atmosphere . Evaporation accounts for the movement ___MASK54___ water to the air from sources such as the soil , canopy interception , and waterbodies . Transpiration accounts for the movement ___MASK54___ water within a plant and the subsequent loss ___MASK54___ water as vapor through stomata in its leaves . Evapotranspiration is an important part ___MASK54___ the water cycle . An element ( such as a tree ) that contributes to evapotranspiration can be called an evapotranspirator . Yr Wyddfa commonly known as Snowdon in English , is the highest ___MASK99___ in ___MASK95___ , at an elevation of above sea level , and the highest point in the ___MASK92___ south of the Scottish Highlands . It is located in Snowdonia National Park (") in ___MASK66___ , and has been described as " probably the busiest ___MASK99___ in Britain ". It is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna . Oswestry , one ___MASK54___ the UK ' s oldest border settlements , is the largest market town and civil parish in ___MASK84___ , ___MASK35___ , close to the Welsh border . It is at the junction ___MASK54___ the A5 , A483 , and A495 roads . Rain is liquid water in the form ___MASK54___ droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated  that is , become heavy enough to fall under gravity . Rain is a major component ___MASK54___ the water cycle and is responsible for depositing ___MASK31___ ___MASK54___ the fresh water on the Earth . It provides suitable conditions for many types ___MASK54___ ecosystems , as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation . ___MASK35___ is a country that is part ___MASK54___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with ___MASK55___ to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies ___MASK18___ ___MASK54___ ___MASK35___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the ___MASK20___ . ___MASK35___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK54___ the island ___MASK54___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK54___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK54___ Wight . ___MASK95___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain . It is bordered by England to the east , the Irish Sea to the north and west , and the ___MASK76___ Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . ___MASK95___ has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . Climate is the statistics ___MASK54___ weather , usually over a 30 - year interval . It is measured by assessing the patterns ___MASK54___ variation in temperature , humidity , atmospheric pressure , wind , precipitation , atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods ___MASK54___ ___MASK68___ . Climate differs from weather , in that weather only describes the short - term conditions ___MASK54___ these variables in a given region . A ___MASK9___ is a park in use for conservation purposes . Often it is a reserve ___MASK54___ natural , semi - natural , or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns . Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently , there is a common idea : the conservation ___MASK54___ ' wild nature ' for posterity and as a symbol ___MASK54___ national pride . An international organization , the International Union for Conservation ___MASK54___ Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas , has defined " National Park " as its " Category II " type ___MASK54___ protected areas . Peat , also called turf , is an accumulation ___MASK54___ partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands , bogs , or mires . The peatland ecosystem is the ___MASK31___ efficient carbon sink on the planet because peatland plants capture the CO which is naturally released from the peat , thus maintaining an equilibrium . In natural peatlands , the " annual rate ___MASK54___ biomass production is greater than the rate ___MASK54___ decomposition ", but it takes " thousands ___MASK54___ years for peatlands to develop the deposits ___MASK54___ , which is the average depth ___MASK54___ the boreal peatlands ". One ___MASK54___ the ___MASK31___ common components is " Sphagnum " ___MASK44___ ( peat ___MASK44___ ), although many other plants can contribute . Soils that contain mostly peat are known as histosols . Peat forms in wetland conditions , where flooding obstructs flows ___MASK54___ oxygen from the atmosphere , slowing rates ___MASK54___ decomposition . In physical geography , tundra is a type ___MASK54___ biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons . The term " tundra " comes through Russian  (" tûndra ") from the Kildin Sami word " tndâr " " uplands ", " treeless mountain tract ". There are three types ___MASK54___ tundra : Arctic tundra , ___MASK1___ tundra , and Antarctic tundra . In tundra , the vegetation is composed ___MASK54___ dwarf shrubs , sedges and grasses , mosses , and lichens . Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions . The ecotone ( or ecological boundary region ) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline . The United ___MASK40___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European ___MASK75___ , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its ___MASK89___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK89___ - ___MASK89___ - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK14___ . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK64___ ___MASK26___ off the ___MASK18___ coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Llyn Celyn is a large reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 in ___MASK12___ of the River Tryweryn in ___MASK66___ , North Wales . It measures roughly 2 miles long by a mile wide , and has a maximum depth of . It has the capacity to hold 71 , 200 megalitres of water . Trawsfynydd ( Welsh for " across [ the ] ___MASK99___ ") is a village in ___MASK66___ , Wales , adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau near Blaenau Ffestiniog . ___MASK63___ is an area ___MASK54___ moorland in southern ___MASK17___ , England . Protected by National Park status as ___MASK63___ National Park , it covers . The Berwyn range ( Welsh : " Y Berwyn " or " Mynydd y Berwyn ") is an isolated and sparsely populated area ___MASK54___ moorland located in the northeast ___MASK54___ ___MASK95___ , roughly bounded by Llangollen in the northeast , Corwen in the ___MASK18___ , Bala in the ___MASK20___ , and Oswestry in the southeast . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK43___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK54___ Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the ___MASK13___ Coast ___MASK54___ ___MASK55___ in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK54___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK60___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its ___MASK45___ by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK60___ is the second - largest island of the ___MASK92___ , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . ___MASK89___ ___MASK13___ ___MASK35___ is one of nine official regions of ___MASK35___ . It is the largest in area , covering and the counties of ___MASK16___ , ___MASK76___ , Wiltshire , Somerset , ___MASK6___ , ___MASK17___ and Cornwall , as well as the Isles of Scilly . Five million people live in ___MASK89___ ___MASK13___ ___MASK35___ . A reservoir ( etymology : from French " réservoir " a " storehouse " ) is a storage space for fluids . These fluids may be water , hydrocarbons or gas . A reservoir usually means an enlarged natural or artificial lake , storage pond or impoundment created using a dam or lock to store water . Reservoirs can be created by controlling a stream that drains an existing body ___MASK54___ water . They can also be constructed in river valleys using a dam . Alternately , a reservoir can be built by excavating flat ground and / or constructing retaining walls and levees . ___MASK3___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK3___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK54___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth ___MASK31___ populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK54___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK54___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK54___ the population live in European ___MASK3___ . ___MASK3___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK54___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , ___MASK90___ and ___MASK61___ . Moorland or moor is a type ___MASK54___ habitat found in ___MASK100___ areas in temperate grasslands , savannas , and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes , characterised by low - growing vegetation on acidic soils . Moorland nowadays generally means uncultivated hill land ( such as Dartmoor in South West England ), but includes low - lying wetlands ( such as Sedgemoor , also South West England ). It is closely related to heath although experts disagree on precisely what distinguishes the types ___MASK54___ vegetation . Generally , moor refers to highland , high rainfall zones , whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result ___MASK54___ human activity . ___MASK64___ America is a continent entirely within the ___MASK30___ Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere . It can also be considered a ___MASK30___ subcontinent of the Americas . It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean , to the ___MASK45___ by the Atlantic Ocean , to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean , and to the southeast by South America and the ___MASK38___ Sea . Montane grasslands and shrublands is a biome defined by the World Wildlife Fund . The biome includes high altitude grasslands and shrublands around the world . The term " montane " in the name ___MASK54___ the biome refers to " high altitude ", rather than the ecological term which denotes the region below treeline . ___MASK50___ is a mountainous region in north ___MASK95___ and a national park of in area . It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in ___MASK95___ , in 1951 . A ___MASK99___ is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area , usually in the form ___MASK54___ a peak . A ___MASK99___ is generally steeper than a hill . Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism . These forces can locally raise the surface ___MASK54___ the earth . Mountains erode slowly through the action ___MASK54___ rivers , weather conditions , and glaciers . A few mountains are isolated summits , but ___MASK31___ occur in huge ___MASK99___ ranges . The ___MASK14___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets ___MASK54___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK54___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK54___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK54___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK54___ legal jurisdiction . ___MASK79___ is a low - lying area of land in Somerset , ___MASK35___ . It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills , historically largely marsh ( or " moor " in its older sense ). The eastern part is known as ___MASK34___ ' s ___MASK79___ , and the western part West ___MASK79___ . ___MASK79___ is part of the area now known as the Somerset Levels and Moors . Historically the area was known as the site of the ___MASK51___ of ___MASK79___ . Corwen is a town , community and electoral ward in the county ___MASK54___ ___MASK88___ in ___MASK95___ ; it was previously part ___MASK54___ the county ___MASK54___ Meirionnydd . Corwen stands on the banks ___MASK54___ the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains . The town is situated west ___MASK54___ Llangollen and south ___MASK54___ Ruthin . At the 2001 Census , Corwen had a population ___MASK54___ 2 , 398 , reducing to 2 , 325 at the 2011 census . Temperate grasslands , savannahs , and shrublands are terrestrial biomes whose predominant vegetation consists ___MASK54___ grass and / or shrubs . The climate is temperate and ranges from semi - arid to semi - humid . Blanket bog or blanket mire , also known as featherbed bog , is an area ___MASK54___ peatland , forming where there is a climate ___MASK54___ high rainfall and a low level ___MASK54___ evapotranspiration , allowing peat to develop not only in wet hollows but over large expanses ___MASK54___ undulating ground . The blanketing ___MASK54___ the ground with a variable depth ___MASK54___ peat gives the habitat type its name . Blanket bogs are found extensively throughout the ___MASK30___ hemisphere - well - studied examples are found in Ireland and Britain , but vast areas ___MASK54___ the Russian and North American tundra also qualify as blanket bogs . ___MASK64___ ___MASK95___ is the northernmost unofficial region of ___MASK95___ . Retail , transport and educational infrastructure are centred on Wrexham , Rhyl , Colwyn Bay , Llandudno and Bangor . It is bordered to the south by the counties of ___MASK71___ and Powys in Mid ___MASK95___ , and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in ___MASK64___ West England . The Migneint ( Welsh pronunciation : ( mnaint ) ) is a large expanse ___MASK54___ moorland in central Snowdonia , north - ___MASK13___ ___MASK95___ . It is part ___MASK54___ the Migneint - Arenig - Dduallt Special Area ___MASK54___ Conservation , along with the mountains Arenig Fawr , Arenig Fach and Dduallt , covering a range ___MASK54___ nearly 200 km² . It is either the largest area ___MASK54___ blanket bog in ___MASK95___ , or the second largest , after the Berwyn range , further to the east . The area includes a few small lakes , including Llyn Conwy , the source ___MASK54___ the River Conwy , and is bisected by the B4407 road from Ffestiniog to Ysbyty Ifan . Plans have been suggested to hold water on the Migneint for longer , to help prevent flooding in the Conwy valley , but local farmers have voiced concern that this could be harmful to livestock . Dduallt ( pronounced ) is a ___MASK99___ in central ___MASK50___ , North ___MASK95___ . It is the sister peak of Rhobell Fawr . Rhobell Fawr is an extinct volcano in the Arenig range within the ___MASK50___ National Park . Arenig Fach is a ___MASK99___ in southern ___MASK50___ , north ___MASK95___ . It is a peak in the Arenig range and lies to the north of its parent peak Arenig Fawr . A Special Area ___MASK54___ Conservation ( SAC ) is defined in the ___MASK14___ ' s Habitats Directive ( 92 / 43 / EEC ), also known as the " Directive on the Conservation ___MASK54___ Natural Habitats and ___MASK54___ Wild Fauna and Flora ". They are to protect the 220 habitats and approximately 1000 species listed in annex I and II ___MASK54___ the directive which are considered to be ___MASK54___ European interest following criteria given in the directive . They must be chosen from the Sites ___MASK54___ Community Importance by the State Members and designated SAC by an act assuring the conservation measures ___MASK54___ the natural habitat .