You see that white bit fenfolk? You’re going to need gills.
I’d never properly appreciated that the central belt really is a belt
The raised bits kind of look like scabs on the bottom of someone’s foot.
Very interesting.
Fenlands will be absolutely f***ed when sea levels rise. That’s a large swathe of our agriculture gone in the future, unless we transition to vertical/indoor farming etc.
1 metre rise is expected within 50 years or so, although recent research is now suggesting that the rate of sea level rise may be underestimated, so who knows.
It’s so interesting to think about the distant future, but also a little scary. Given that a large amount of climate warming now seems “baked in” and irreversible, our current maps of the British Isles will change for sure.
This is amazing, great find!
Not sure how to phrase this diplomatically, but…are there any causal links between Scotland and Wales having much higher elevations and doing ‘less well’ (historically-speaking) than England? Less arable farming land, restricted potential for population density etc?
That’s why the South East is so unappealing to me. It’s too flat.
It’s simple lads…
we just build a wall, a big wall, like around the entire low land parts of the country and send the water back to where it came from!!
WE’LL EVEN MAKE THE WATER PAY FOR IT TOO!
I would love to buy a print of this?
Is that showing the mountainous area?
Looks like a clicker from The Last of Us.
looks like weed and chip
Great picture but the peaks of the UK do remind me of some skin condition you’d see on embarrassing bodies.
Is there any way to have this map overlaid with a map showing the counties? I’m trying to pinpoint Coventry.
This is well cool! thanks for sharing.
I recently saw a really old map that had been transferred onto some planks and hung on a wall, looked amazing. I’d like to see something similar with this but it feels like it may lose that awesomeness if the white background vanished.
Easy to see why the east coast mainline from Newcastle to Edinburgh takes the path it does going up to Dunbar before heading to the capital. Rather than a straighter route through the Cheviots. Imagine if they tried to build the WCML from the North West to Glasgow & Edinburgh today. I suspect the tunnelling work would rival the channel tunnel.
is it just me or it looks a bit moldy
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Nice to see Dartmoor on there!
There but for the Grace Of God glug I.
What a beaut
Well, there is that other theory that when a enough cold water flows from the arctic, and hits the Atlantic, it will change the Gulf Stream and a new ice age will begin. They think that is what started the younger Dryas. So instead of being flooded and scorched by drought, the UK may be frozen.
What a relief!
as someone who lives in Suffolk – welp
So, Japan is a country with a huge percentage of its land being mountainous, which is one huge factor that led to Tokyo being the most populated city in the world.
Does this, at least in part, explain the massive population disparity between England and Wales and Scotland?
So mountains form when two continental plates slide against each other and one rises above the other, or something? Right? Why doesn’t the UK get many Earthquakes then, given there’s a decent amount of mountains in Wales and Scotland/North of England? Are the mountains too small to cause that sort of seismic activity?
I’m interested in learning more about the physical geography of the UK, but I’m kind of crap with understanding geography honestly.
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You see that white bit fenfolk? You’re going to need gills.
I’d never properly appreciated that the central belt really is a belt
The raised bits kind of look like scabs on the bottom of someone’s foot.
Very interesting.
Fenlands will be absolutely f***ed when sea levels rise. That’s a large swathe of our agriculture gone in the future, unless we transition to vertical/indoor farming etc.
1 metre rise is expected within 50 years or so, although recent research is now suggesting that the rate of sea level rise may be underestimated, so who knows.
It’s so interesting to think about the distant future, but also a little scary. Given that a large amount of climate warming now seems “baked in” and irreversible, our current maps of the British Isles will change for sure.
This is amazing, great find!
Not sure how to phrase this diplomatically, but…are there any causal links between Scotland and Wales having much higher elevations and doing ‘less well’ (historically-speaking) than England? Less arable farming land, restricted potential for population density etc?
That’s why the South East is so unappealing to me. It’s too flat.
It’s simple lads…
we just build a wall, a big wall, like around the entire low land parts of the country and send the water back to where it came from!!
WE’LL EVEN MAKE THE WATER PAY FOR IT TOO!
I would love to buy a print of this?
Is that showing the mountainous area?
Looks like a clicker from The Last of Us.
looks like weed and chip
Great picture but the peaks of the UK do remind me of some skin condition you’d see on embarrassing bodies.
Is there any way to have this map overlaid with a map showing the counties? I’m trying to pinpoint Coventry.
This is well cool! thanks for sharing.
I recently saw a really old map that had been transferred onto some planks and hung on a wall, looked amazing. I’d like to see something similar with this but it feels like it may lose that awesomeness if the white background vanished.
Easy to see why the east coast mainline from Newcastle to Edinburgh takes the path it does going up to Dunbar before heading to the capital. Rather than a straighter route through the Cheviots. Imagine if they tried to build the WCML from the North West to Glasgow & Edinburgh today. I suspect the tunnelling work would rival the channel tunnel.
is it just me or it looks a bit moldy
[removed]
Nice to see Dartmoor on there!
There but for the Grace Of God glug I.
What a beaut
Well, there is that other theory that when a enough cold water flows from the arctic, and hits the Atlantic, it will change the Gulf Stream and a new ice age will begin. They think that is what started the younger Dryas. So instead of being flooded and scorched by drought, the UK may be frozen.
What a relief!
as someone who lives in Suffolk – welp
So, Japan is a country with a huge percentage of its land being mountainous, which is one huge factor that led to Tokyo being the most populated city in the world.
Does this, at least in part, explain the massive population disparity between England and Wales and Scotland?
So mountains form when two continental plates slide against each other and one rises above the other, or something? Right? Why doesn’t the UK get many Earthquakes then, given there’s a decent amount of mountains in Wales and Scotland/North of England? Are the mountains too small to cause that sort of seismic activity?
I’m interested in learning more about the physical geography of the UK, but I’m kind of crap with understanding geography honestly.