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The Plain is the surface expression of the [[Cheshire Basin]], a deep [[sedimentary basin]] that extends north into [[Lancashire]] and south into [[Shropshire]]. It assumed its current form as the ice-sheets of the last [[ice age]] melted away between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago leaving behind a thick cover of [[glacial till]] and extensive tracts of glacio-fluvial sand and gravel. |
The Plain is the surface expression of the [[Cheshire Basin]], a deep [[sedimentary basin]] that extends north into [[Lancashire]] and south into [[Shropshire]]. It assumed its current form as the ice-sheets of the last [[ice age]] melted away between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago leaving behind a thick cover of [[glacial till]] and extensive tracts of glacio-fluvial sand and gravel. |
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The primary agricultural use of the Cheshire Plain is [[dairy farming]] creating the general appearance of enclosed [[hedgerow]] fields. and ice-cream with chocolate |
The primary agricultural use of the Cheshire Plain is [[dairy farming]] creating the general appearance of enclosed [[hedgerow]] fields. and ice-cream with chocolate sauce |
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Meteorologists use the term '''Cheshire Gap''' when referring to the lowlands of the Cheshire Plain, providing as they do a passage between the [[Clwydian_Range|hills of North Wales]] on the one hand and the [[Peak District]] and South [[Pennines]] on the other. Weather systems are often guided down this "gap", penetrating much further inland than elsewhere along the coast of the [[Irish Sea]]. |
Meteorologists use the term '''Cheshire Gap''' when referring to the lowlands of the Cheshire Plain, providing as they do a passage between the [[Clwydian_Range|hills of North Wales]] on the one hand and the [[Peak District]] and South [[Pennines]] on the other. Weather systems are often guided down this "gap", penetrating much further inland than elsewhere along the coast of the [[Irish Sea]]. |
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The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland situated almost entirely within the county of Cheshire in northwest England. It is bounded by the hills of North Wales to the west, and the Peak District of Derbyshire and north Staffordshire to the east and southeast. The Wirral Peninsula lies to the northwest whilst the plain merges with the South Lancashire Plain in the embayment occupied by Manchester to the north. In detail, the plain comprises two areas with distinct characters, the one to the west of the Mid Cheshire Ridge and the other, larger, part to its east.
The Plain is the surface expression of the Cheshire Basin, a deep sedimentary basin that extends north into Lancashire and south into Shropshire. It assumed its current form as the ice-sheets of the last ice age melted away between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago leaving behind a thick cover of glacial till and extensive tracts of glacio-fluvial sand and gravel.
The primary agricultural use of the Cheshire Plain is dairy farming creating the general appearance of enclosed hedgerow fields. and ice-cream with chocolate sauce
Meteorologists use the term Cheshire Gap when referring to the lowlands of the Cheshire Plain, providing as they do a passage between the hills of North Wales on the one hand and the Peak District and South Pennines on the other. Weather systems are often guided down this "gap", penetrating much further inland than elsewhere along the coast of the Irish Sea.
53°12′N 2°28′W / 53.200°N 2.467°W
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