Burren

The Burren wani yanki ne na karst / glaciokarst wanda ke tsakiyar County Clare, a gabar tekun yamma na Ireland .  Tana da girman kusan  , a cikin da'irar da ƙauyukan Lisdoonvarna, Corofin, Gort da Kinvara suka yi.  Yankin ya haɗa da siffofi na halitta kamar tudun Mullaghmore da tsaunin Ailladie, da kuma abubuwan tarihi kamar Poulnabrone dolmen da Katafaren Dutse na Caherconnell . Wurin shakatawa na Burren ya ƙunshi ƙaramin ɓangare na Burren kuma shine mafi ƙanƙanta daga cikin Wuraren Shakatawa na Ƙasa guda takwas a Ireland, yayin da yankin da ke maƙwabtaka da shi, gami da Cliffs of Moher, an haɗa shi cikin Burren da Cliffs of Moher Geopark .

 Wuri 
Duk da cewa sunan galibi ana amfani da shi ne ga tsaunukan dutse na arewa maso yammacin Clare, da kuma ƙananan wurare masu makwabtaka, kuma gabaɗaya ba ya haɗa da yankin Clare shales zuwa kudu maso yamma, ainihin girman yankin ba a fayyace shi sarai ba, kuma a fannin ilimin ƙasa yana faɗaɗa zuwa County Galway zuwa arewa da arewa maso gabas (duba Geology a ƙasa). Yankin kudu maso gabas na County Galway da ke kewaye da Kinvara yawanci yana cikinsa, kuma shine tushen ƙungiyoyin Burren da yawa. Burren yana da iyaka da Tekun Atlantika da kuma Galway Bay, tare da Tsibirin Aran suna wakiltar faɗaɗar ƙasa na tsaunukan dutse waɗanda suka ƙunshi mafi yawan The Burren.  

A cewar wani ma'ana, Burren ya miƙe kudu zuwa layi daga wurin shakatawa na bakin teku na Lahinch zuwa Corofin kuma an raba shi a gabas da layi kusan daga Kinvara zuwa gidan sufi na Kilmacduagh, kusa da Gort . Lura cewa idan aka yi la'akari da shi a zahiri, wannan zai haɗa da wurare kamar garin Ennistymon da Cliffs of Moher, waɗanda aka fi ɗauka a matsayin maƙwabtaka da Burren.  A wani ma'anar kuma, "Shirin Burren" wanda ya mayar da hankali kan noma ya bayyana yankin a matsayin wanda ya faɗaɗa sosai zuwa filin Gort, wanda ya ƙunshi tsakanin Coole Park da kuma yankunan da ke kewaye da shi, yayin da a kudu zai miƙa zuwa Ruan da Crusheen, kuma a kudu maso yamma zuwa gefen Doolin, da kuma Lisdoonvarna, Kilfenora da Corofin na yau da kullun. 

Saboda haka, girman da aka ambata na Burren ya bambanta tsakanin kusan    (babban yankin dutsen farar ƙasa da aka fallasa), ta hanyar    (duba dukkan shimfidar ƙasa ta dutse) da murabba'in kilomita 560 (gami da    na ƙasa), ya danganta da hanyar da aka bi. Kimanin kashi 60% na tsaunuka suna nuna shimfidar dutse mai faɗi.   

 Yanayi 
Burren yana da yanayi mai zafi na teku. Matsakaicin zafin iska yana tsakanin  a watan Yuli zuwa  a watan Janairu, yayin da zafin ƙasa ba ya saukowa ƙasa da 6 °C (banda haka, a ƙarshen 2010, akwai dogon lokacin dusar ƙanƙara). Tunda ciyawa za ta girma da zarar zafin ya tashi sama da digiri 6. °C, wannan yana nufin cewa Burren (kamar Tsibirin Aran da ke makwabtaka) yana da ɗaya daga cikin lokutan girma mafi tsawo a Ireland ko Birtaniya, kuma yana tallafawa ci gaban tsirrai daban-daban da wadata. 

Yankin yana da kusan  na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara (fiye da ninki biyu na adadin da aka gani a gabashin Ireland),  tare da matsakaicin matakin sama da  kowane wata daga Oktoba zuwa Janairu 

Ƙarshen watan Mayu shine lokacin da rana ta fi zafi, Burren/Boirinn. Placenames Database of Ireland. kuma lokaci ne mai kyau don kallon furanni, tare da gentians da avens suna yin furanni (amma nau'in orchids suna fure daga baya). 

A lokacin da ake kai hare-haren yaƙe-yaƙe a Burren a shekarar 1651-52, Edmund Ludlow ya ce, " (Burren) ƙasa ce da babu isasshen ruwa da zai nutsar da mutum, itace da zai iya rataye mutum, kuma ƙasa da za ta binne shi...... amma duk da haka shanunsu suna da kitse sosai; domin ciyawar da ke tsiro a cikin ciyawar ƙasa, mai tsawon ƙafa biyu ko uku, wadda ke tsakanin duwatsu, waɗanda aka yi da dutse mai laushi, tana da daɗi da gina jiki. "

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