What is Moorland?
{{otheruses}} {{redlinks|date=May 2020}} [[Image:Shira moorlands on Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Moorland of [[Kilimanjaro]]]] '''Moorland''' or '''moor''' is a type of [[habitat]] that one can find in upland areas, that are characterised by [[acid]]ic soils. Moorland habitats are rather common in the [[Neotropic ecozone|neotropics]] and [[Tropics|tropical]] [[Africa]] but one can find them also in small scattered places in northern and western [[Europe]], northern [[Australia]], [[North America]], [[Central Asia]] and the [[Indian subcontinent]]. In the tiny areas of European moorlands tend to be environments with only very few [[species]]. They are often dominated by [[Calluna|heather]]. In the far more extensive moorlands of the tropics species [[Biodiversity|diversity]] can be extremely high. Moorlands differ from typical [[heathland]] in being colder and much wetter, often with extensive [[bog]]s. ==Famous moorlands in the UK== Notable areas of upland moorland in Britain include the [[Dark Peak]], the [[Forest of Bowland]], the [[Lake District]], the [[Pennines]], [[The desert of Wales|Mid Wales]], the [[Southern Uplands]] of Scotland, the [[Scottish Highlands]] and a few very small pockets in western [[Herefordshire]]. [[File:Barden Moor - geograph.org.uk - 193269.jpg|thumb|Moorland in Yorkshire]] [[File:Forvie Moor - geograph.org.uk - 604418.jpg|thumb|Moorland in Scotland]] *[[Bleaklow]], [[Dark Peak]], England * [[Bodmin Moor]], Cornwall * [[Curry and Hay Moors]], Somerset, England * [[Dartmoor]], and [[Dartmoor wildlife]], Devon, England * [[Emley Moor]], West Yorkshire, England * [[Exmoor]], Devon and Somerset, England * [[Ilkley Moor]], West Yorkshire, England * [[Marston Moor]] and [[North York Moors National Park|North York Moors]], North Yorkshire, England * [[Rannoch Moor]], Highland, Scotland * [[Rombalds Moor]], West Yorkshire, England * [[Saddleworth Moor]], Pennine hills, England * [[Shropshire Hills]], small pockets of moorland, England * [[Staffordshire Moorlands]], England * [[Y