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Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve

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290: 84:, which due to the expanding dune system has been taken back 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) from its original position on the coastline 600 years ago. Morfa Harlech is one of Britain's actively growing sand dune systems due to the longshore drift which is currently eroding the dunes at 38: 251: 76:
system stretching northwards from the town of Harlech. The dunes cover 6 km, of which an area of about 1.5 km in the middle has been afforested with
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coastline, it carries particular importance as the only growing dune system in Wales.
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The reserve reaches across expanses of open sand and sea towards
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Morfa Harlech sand dunes
grid reference
SH571337
nature reserve
Wales
Harlech
Snowdonia
sand dune
Meirionnydd
dune
Corsican Pine
Harlech Castle
Morfa Dyffryn
Dune
Sand dune ecology
Psammosere
"National Nature Reserves in Wales : Wales UK Holiday News"
the original
ISBN
978-0-86139-034-2
ISBN
978-0-86139-446-3
ISBN
978-0-901087-41-6
error 12 August 2019%5d Morfa-Harlech-National-Nature-Reserve.htm "Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve"
cite web
help
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Morfa Harlech sand dunes and surrounding area
52°53′23″N 4°08′00″W / 52.8896°N 4.1333°W / 52.8896; -4.1333
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