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1
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BMW physical factors (3)

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  • Climate
  • Relief
  • Soils
2
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BMW climate

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Cool temperate oceanic

3
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Because of the BMW’s more northerly location and high relief….

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It is wetter, cooler and cloudier than the rest of the Ireland

4
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Wetter and cloudier along the mountainous coastal areas due to….

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Formation of relief rain over the mountains of Mayo, Donegal and Galway

5
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Average rainfall in Belmullet (2)

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  • 1422 mm

- More than double the average in the GDA

6
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Inland summer temperatures are….. due to…(2)

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  • Higher
  • Its inland location
  • Distance from the moderating influence of the sea
7
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Relief in the BMW

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Varied

8
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Uplands found….

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Along the northern and western coasts e.g. the Derryveagh Mountains

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Lowland found…

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Around the midland counties of Offaly and Laois

10
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The coastline…

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Made up of dramatic headlands and sheltered bays e.g.e Malin Head

11
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After the last Ice Age ….

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Rising sea levels influenced the coastline

12
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Soil quality in the BMW (2)

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  • Varied

- Generally poor

13
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Soil type in Donegal

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Infertile peat soils

14
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Soils in the Midland (2)

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  • Raised bogs

- Fertile brown earth soils

15
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As a result of glacial deposition the Border region… (2)

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  • Fertile boulder clay soil

- Produces good grasslands in Co. Monaghan for cattle fattening

16
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Soil in East Galway (2)

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  • Formation of shallow lime rich soils from the limestone parent rock
  • Produce profitable grasslands for cattle rearing