. Europe and other continents . Fig. isotherms for the British Isles. THE BRITISH ISLES 177 extends around Ireland (Fig. 122), giving to the surface of thatisland the form of a shallow plate. How does that influence therainfall ? (Fig. 126). Highlands are also found in Wales, west-ern England, and most of Scotland (Fig. 122). Examine Figure126 to seewhere the rain-fall is heaviestin Great Brit-ain. Where isthe rainfalllightest?Why? As alreadystated (), themountains ofGreat Brit-ain, like thoseof New Eng-land, are soold that theyare worn verylow. Whilethis upland israrely moret
. Europe and other continents . Fig. isotherms for the British Isles. THE BRITISH ISLES 177 extends around Ireland (Fig. 122), giving to the surface of thatisland the form of a shallow plate. How does that influence therainfall ? (Fig. 126). Highlands are also found in Wales, west-ern England, and most of Scotland (Fig. 122). Examine Figure126 to seewhere the rain-fall is heaviestin Great Brit-ain. Where isthe rainfalllightest?Why? As alreadystated (), themountains ofGreat Brit-ain, like thoseof New Eng-land, are soold that theyare worn verylow. Whilethis upland israrely morethan one ortwo thousandfeet abovesea-level, there are occasional peaks of hard rock that rise to agreater height (Fig. 127). For example, the granite peakof Ben Nevis in Scotland, the highest point in the BritishIsles, is forty-three hundred feet in elevation. The Scot-. Fig. map of the British Isles. 178 EUROPE tish Highlands are so rugged and barren that few peopleare able to live there. Where the rocks are softer and less disturbed byfolding there are lower and more level tracts, or out the broadest plains of Ireland, Scotland, andEngland (Fig. 122). Notice especially the narrow low-land of southern Scotland, near Edinburgh and Glas-
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