Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands Ethiopia •
Ethiopian montane moorlands Kenya •
East African montane moorlands •
Mount Kenya Rwanda •
Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands Sudan • East African montane moorlands • Ethiopian montane moorlands
Tanzania • East African montane moorlands •
Kilimanjaro •
Mount Meru Uganda • East African montane moorlands
Europe Austria •
Tanner Moor • Längsee Moor •
Moorbad Gmös Belgium •
Weißer Stein (Eifel) •
High Fens France •
Monts d'Arrée Germany •
Großes Torfmoor •
Hücker Moor •
Oppenwehe Moor •
Worringer Bruch •
High Fens The Netherlands •
Dwingelderveld •
Bargerveen •
Fochteloërveen •
The Peel Great Britain Great Britain is home to an estimated 10–15% of the world's moors. Notable areas of upland moorland in Britain include the
Lake District, the
Pennines (including the
Dark Peak and
Forest of Bowland),
Mid Wales, the
Southern Uplands of Scotland, the
Scottish Highlands, and a few pockets in the
West Country. , part of the
West Pennine Moors, in
Lancashire, UK •
Bleaklow,
Dark Peak •
Bodmin Moor,
Cornwall •
Black Mountains, Wales •
Brecon Beacons,
Wales •
Dartmoor, Devon • Drumossie Moor, often called Culloden Moor, the site of the
Battle of Culloden •
Exmoor, West Somerset & North Devon •
Forest of Bowland, Lancashire •
Hexhamshire Moors, Northumberland and County Durham •
North York Moors, North Yorkshire •
Migneint,
Gwynedd •
Mynydd Hiraethog,
Denbighshire and
Conwy •
Penwith, Cornwall •
Rannoch Moor, Highlands, Scotland •
Rombalds Moor (including
Ilkley Moor), West Yorkshire •
Rossendale Valley, Lancashire •
Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester •
Shropshire Hills, small pockets of moorland such as the
Long Mynd •
West Pennine Moors, including
Oswaldtwistle Moor,
Haslingden Moor, Rivington Moor and Darwen Moor in Lancashire •
Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire •
Ythan Estuary complex,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland: largest coastal moorland in the British Isles, known for high
biodiversity Italy In Italy, moorlands are known as
brughiera. The term derives from
brugo, the Italian name for
Calluna vulgaris, one of the dominant species in these habitats. Italian moorlands are often highly fragmented and difficult to map, as they typically occur on poor, acidic or sandy soils and survive today only in relict patches. They are most widespread in
Northern Italy, especially in
Piedmont and
Lombardy, but environments with similar ecological features can also be found in parts of
Sicily and
Sardinia. Notable Italian moorland areas include: •
Parco delle Groane,
Lombardy – One of the southernmost heathland systems in Europe, characterized by extensive
Calluna heath,
Scots pine, and
birch. •
Riserva naturale della Vauda,
Piedmont (
Canavese) – A large protected area featuring dry heathland, grasslands, and open woodland mosaics. •
Magredi,
Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Stony, arid grasslands with heath-like vegetation on alluvial fans at the foothills of the Alps. •
Gerbido,
Piedmont – A patchwork of dry heath, xeric grasslands, and poor soils supporting typical
brughiera vegetation. •
Vaccinieto communities in the
Cottian Alps and in the
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park – High-altitude heaths dominated by
Vaccinium species, ecologically related to moorland environments
Spain Moorlands are called
páramos in Spanish. They are particularly common in
Northern Spain and the
Meseta Central. •
Boedo,
Palencia, Castile •
Páramo del Duratón, Castile •
Paramo de Masa,
Burgos, Castile •
Páramo del Sil, Galicia •
Las Loras, Castile
North America United States Two similar habitats, although more arid, found in western North America: •
Siskiyou plateau •
High Desert (Oregon) South America Argentina and Chile •
Magellanic moorland Brazil Brazil's "moorland" or high-altitude grassland ecosystems, known as Campos Rupestres (rupestrian grasslands), are biodiverse, rocky, and often misty environments located mostly in the Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais and Bahia. These unique areas are characterized by nutrient-poor, shallow soils, high levels of biodiversity and endemic species.
Colombia Colombia is one of only three countries in the world to be home to
páramo (tropical moorland) and more than 60% of the paramo regions are found on its soil. •
Sumapaz Páramo,
Bogotá •
Chingaza National Natural Park,
Cundinamarca department •
Oceta Páramo,
Boyacá Department •
Iguaque,
Boyacá Department •
Puracé,
Cauca Department • Páramo de Santurbán,
Santander Department •
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy,
Arauca Department,
Boyacá Department,
Casanare Department •
Santa Marta páramo,
Magdalena Department,
La Guajira Department,
Cesar Department == See also ==