Exmoor

Tags: Park.

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England named after the River Exe the source of which is situated in the centre of the area 2 miles NW of Simonsbath. Exmoor is more precisely defined as the area of the former synonymous ancient royal hunting forest officially surveyed 1815–1818 as 18810 acres in extent.

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animal

Eurasian Curlew, Red deer, Exmoor Horn (sheep), Peregrine Falcon, White-throated Dipper, Whiteface Dartmoor, European Stonechat, Merlin (bird), Dartford Warbler

city

Lynton, Lynmouth, Withypool, Cutcombe, Dulverton, Exford Somerset, Simonsbath

geology

Carboniferous, Devonian

highest place

Dunkery Beacon

highest position

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Exmoor__highestPosition__1

lowest

Sea level

management mountain

Dulverton

management place

Dulverton

management position

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Exmoor__managementPosition__1

maximum elevation (μ)

519.0

minimum elevation (μ)

0.0

plant

Hazel, Oak, Lichen, Moss, Fern, Fraxinus

region

Devon, Somerset

type

National parks of England and Wales

latitude

51.1

longitude

-3.6