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THE BURREN By Conor, Lochlan, Marykate, and Luca The Burren is a karst landscape, this means it is an area of exposed limestone.
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THE BURREN The Burren was formed by the sea level dropping and exposing the limestone underneath.
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Ailwee caves The ailwee caves were formed by water mixing with carbon in the rocks to make carbonic acid which slowly dissolves the rocks. It was founded by a farmer in 1944 but he didn’t tell anyone until 1973.
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Rare Plants and Animals. The Burren is famous for all different types of rare plants and animals some examples are pine marten,pearl-bordered- fritillary and the brown hairstreak. Examples of plants are the fly orchid,mountain avens and the birds foot trefoil animalsplants
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Agriculture Agriculture is a big part of the burren. The livestock go upland in the winter and lowland in the summer.
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Coastline The Cliffs of Moher is a very famous place along the coast of Clare in the Burren. It also has Hags head and O’Briens tower.
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CREDITS This project on the burren was made by Lochhlan and Luca and also by Mary- Kate and Conor. Hope you enjoyed it.
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