The Highlands and Islands of Scotland |
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The Physical Environment | 4 |
Climate Soils and Vegetation | 37 |
The Prehistoric Phase | 58 |
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50 MILES Fig Aberdeen Aberdeenshire acres agricultural altitude areas Argyll Atholl Banffshire basin Ben Nevis boats boulder-clay Buchan built burghs Cairngorms Caithness Caledonian canal cattle centres climate coastal crofters crofts Cromarty crops deer forests Deeside deposits developed districts east eastern Edinburgh eighteenth century erosion estates farms feet Findhorn fishery fishing Forestry Fraserburgh glacial Glen granite grass grazing Highland Line Highlands and Islands hills hydro-electric important improved increased industry Inverness Isles Kintyre landscape Loch lowlands mainland Monadhliath Mountains Moray Firth mountains Nevis nineteenth century Norse North Sea northeast northern oats Old Red Sandstone Orkney Outer Hebrides parish peat Peterhead Plate plateau population produced railway rainfall raised beaches region relief ridges river road rocks sand Scotland Scottish settlement sheep Shetland Islands Skye slopes soils Source Spey stations stone Stornoway straths surface Sutherland timber townships trade upland valley vessels villages west coast western zone