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TOR (tohr) Rocky
peak or pile of rocks on the top of a hill
Dartmoor is a National Park in the centre of the English county of Devon. It covers 368 square miles (953 km²).
The granite upland dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history, and the landscape is both dramatic, and bleak. The rolling moorland is capped with hundreds of exposed granite hilltops (known as tors), and provides rich and diverse habitats for Dartmoor wildlife. The highest point is High Willhays, 621 m above sea level. The entire area is rich in antiquities.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Dartmoor”
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