Glendasan River is a photograph by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography which was uploaded on May 19th, 2014.
Glendasan River
Copyright: Christiane Schulze
The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County... more
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Glendasan River
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Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
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Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography
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Copyright: Christiane Schulze
The Wicklow Mountains form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into Counties Carlow, Wexford and Dublin. Where the mountains extend into County Dublin, they are known locally as the Dublin Mountains (Irish: Sl�ibhte Bhaile �tha Cliath). The highest peak is Lugnaquilla at 925 metres (3,035 feet).
The mountains are primarily composed of granite surrounded by an envelope of mica-schist and much older rocks such as quartzite. They were pushed up during the Caledonian orogeny at the start of the Devonian period and form part of the Leinster Chain, the largest continuous area of granite in Ireland and Britain. The mountains owe much of their present topography to the effects of the last ice age, which deepened the valleys and created corrie and ribbon lakes. Copper and lead have been the main metals mined in the mountains and a brief gold rush occurred in the 18th century.
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Thank you very much for featuring my work in the Group The Earth is Art Kelley ..................... much appreciated.
Kelley Freel-Ebner
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