2. This is a map to show the location of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Map courtesy of Ordnance Survey. Map on the right shows the location of Malham which is where the National Park is located.
3. Limestone Pavement This is a photograph of the limestone pavement in Malham.The diagram next to it shows the clints and grykes in the pavement. Limestone pavements are Limestone rock surfaces with slabs of rocks (clints) separated by vertical cracks also known as (grikes). These grikes have been created by chemical weathering along joints.
4. Swallow Hole A Swallow Hole is an exposed limestone joint down which a surface river disappears. A swallow hole is created when the limestone pavement is worn away by chemical weathering, then a surface river flows down it. Picture taken from google images.
5. Resurgence This picture shows the Resurgence also known as spring. This is where the stream travels along the surface of the impermeable rock until it reaches the surface as a spring. Several springs can be formed along the intersection of the two rocks. Picture from google images
6. Dry Valley The picture shows the dry valley above Malham Cove. The dry valley above Malham Cove is used to carry the stream that would have poured over Malham Cove before the water disappears underground. The picture is taken from google images
7. Malham Cove Picture taken from google images Malham Cove is a spectacular tourist attraction which many tourists visit. Malham Cove is a curving amphitheatre shaped cliff formation of limestone rock. The top of the cove is a large area of limestone pavement.
8. Goredale Scar This picture shows Goredale Scar. Picture found from google images. This picture shows Goredale Scar. Goredale Scar was carved as a meltwater channel beneath the Devensian ice-sheet. The sides of this gorge overhang quite a bit, this suggests that there once was a great cavern, the roof of which has collapsed.
