Approximately 2 millon years ago Earth's climate began to cool and ice caps formed at the poles. This ice sheets advanced southwards and covered northern Europe.
Tuairm is 2 mhilliún bliain ó shin thosaigh aeráid an Domhain ag fuarú agus d'fhás caipíní oighir ag na Moill. Ghluais bratacha tiubha oighir ó dheas a clúdaithe mórchuid na hEorpa.
This period is known as the Pleistocene when there were seven alternating periods of warm and cold. In Ireland two glacial periods can be recognised. The Munsterian (200k to 132k years ago) and the later Midlandian (120k to 10k years ago).
Tá an tréimhse ar a dtugtar an Pléisticéinea nuair a bhí seacht dtréimhse alternating de te agus fuar. In Éirinn, ní féidir dhá thréimhse oighreach a aithint. An Munsterian (200k 132k go bliain ó shin) agus is déanaí Midlandian (120k le blianta 10k ó shin).
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In the former ice caps and valley glaciers covered Kerry, where local ice met thick ice sheet moving from the north. While in the latter period the Dingle Peninsula was not covered by ice sheets but small local glaciers were fed with ice from corries.
Sna caipíní oighir agus iar-oighearshruth ghleann clúdaithe Chiarraí, áit ar bhuail oighir áitiúil oighearchlúid tiubh ag bogadh ó thuaidh. Cé gur sa tréimhse sin ní Leithinis Chorca Dhuibhne a bhí clúdaithe ag oighearchlúideacha ach bhí chothú oighearshruth beag áitiúil le leac oighir ó corries.
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Today the evidence of these ice ages can be seen in deepened U-shapped valleys, corries on mountains, striations on rock surfaces and in glacial till which was deposited when the ice finally melted.
Sa lá atá inniu is féidir an fhianaise ar na haoiseanna oighir a bheith le feiceáil i dhoimhniú gleannta U-shapped, corries ar sléibhte, striations ar dhromchlaí carraig agus i till oighreach a cuireadh i dtaisce nuair a leáigh an t-oighear ar deireadh.
But now to your tasks so that you learn more about the local landscape:
1. If you look northwards from reference point #1 you will see some significant depressions. How they are called and what they are contain today?
2. Why the rocks at "An Chonair" are purple-coloured? Please explore the area beween the 2 infoboards and find purple rocks. What do you think is the type of rock? (describe with your own words)
3. At reference point #2 you are next to a lake. What is the name of the lake and how it was created? What it has in common with the other lakes in the area?
4. What is left at the corrie lip? (One Word)
5. We would be delighted if you add a photo showing the landscape or your way there. But this is no log condition.
Ach anois le do chuid cúraimí ionas gur fhoghlaim tú níos mó faoi an tírdhreach áitiúil:
1. Má fhéachann tú ó thuaidh ó phointe tagartha #1 feicfidh tú roinnt logáin suntasach. Cén chaoi a bhfuil siad ar a dtugtar agus cad tá siad go bhfuil lá atá inniu ann?
2. Cén fáth go bhfuil na carraigeacha ag "An Chonair" corcra-daite? Tabhair faoi iniúchadh an beween réimse an 2 infoboards agus a fháil carraigeacha corcra. Cad a cheapann tú go bhfuil an cineál carraige? (cur síos a dhéanamh le do chuid focal féin)
3. Ag pointe tagartha #2 tá tú in aice le loch. Cad é an t-ainm ar an loch agus conas a bhí sé cruthaithe? Cad tá sé i bpáirt leis an lochanna eile sa cheantar?
4. Cad é fágtha ag an liopa coire? (One Word)
5. Ba mhaith linn a bheith sásta má tá tú add a grianghraf a léiríonn an tírdhreach nó do bhealach a dhéanamh ann. Ach tá sé seo aon choinníoll logáil isteach.
Please send your answers (in english!) to [GC-number]@der-kay.de or via PM. You may then log your visit immediately. Should be something wrong, we will contact you.
Cuir do chuid freagraí a sheoladh chuig (in english!) [GC-uimhir]@der-kay.de nó trí theachtaireacht. Is féidir leat logáil isteach ansin do chuairt láithreach. Ba chóir go mbeadh rud éigin cearr, beidh muid i dteagmháil leat.