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Environment of Scotland : ウィキペディア英語版 | Environment of Scotland
Scotland occupies the northern part of the United Kingdom. The landscape is diverse; ranging from rugged mountain terrain to fertile arable flat land with many rivers and lochs. ==Biota==
The flora of Scotland is typical of the northern European part of the Palearctic ecozone. Prominent features of Scotland's fauna include the boreal Caledonian Forest, heather moorland and coastal machairs. The forest once covered almost all of Scotland but now only 1% of the forest remains in 35 isolated areas. Scotland's environment supports 62 species of wild mammals, including wild cats, grey and harbour seals and the most northernly colony of bottlenose dolphins. The black and red grouse populate Scotland's moorland and the country has significant nesting grounds for seabirds. The Scottish crossbill is the only endemnic vertebrate species in the UK. Scotland's seas are among the most biologically productive in the world with at least 40,000 species are estimated to live in Scottish waters. 14,000 species of insect inhabit Scotland, including rare species. The population of large mammals rapidly decreased to extinction in historic times.
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