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Bodmin Moor ((コーンウォール語:Goon Brenn))〔(Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) ) : (List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel ). Cornish Language Partnership.〕 is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. Bodmin Moor is one of five granite plutons in Cornwall that make up part of the Cornubian batholith (see also Geology of Cornwall). The name Bodmin Moor is relatively recent, an Ordnance Survey invention of 1813. It was formerly known as Fowey Moor after the River Fowey, which rises within it.〔; p. 72〕 ==Geography== Dramatic granite tors rise from the rolling moorland: the best known are Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall at ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GENUKI: Cornwall )〕 and Rough Tor at . To the south-east Kilmar Tor and Caradon Hill are the most prominent hills. Considerable areas of the moor are poorly drained and form marshes (in hot summers these can dry out). The rest of the moor is mostly rough pasture or overgrown with heather and other low vegetation. The moor contains about 500 holdings with around 10,000 beef cows, 55,000 breeding ewes and 1,000 horses and ponies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Bodmin Moor Pages ~ The History )〕 Most of the moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), ''Bodmin Moor, North'', and has been officially designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as part of Cornwall AONB.〔() 〕 Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. The moor has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports about 260 breeding pairs of European stonechats as well as a wintering population of 10,000 Eurasian golden plovers. The moor has also been recognized as a separate natural region and designated as national character area 153 by Natural England.〔() 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bodmin Moor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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