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Irish Region Fill In The Blanks

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Question: ClimateAnswer: Lower temperatures, winters 6C while summers are cool, averaging 15C. This limits tillage farming.
Question: Answer: Heavy rainfall has led to the development of poor infertile soils due to leaching, erosion and . Upland ares in the region receive 2500mm of rain and lowland receive 1100mm per year
Question: Answer: Relief rainfall occurs in upland areas as the warm prevailing south-westerly winds absorb moisture. At mountain ranges in the west, it is forced to rise, cooling and it, leading to heavy rainfall.
Question: Answer: Silage must be given to animals for many months in the year as the cold mean they cannot stay outdoors. This adds to farm expenses and reduces income.
Question: and Drainage Answer: The upland terrain, that have due to the Caledonian folding period is unsuitable for agriculture.
Question: Answer: in the heaviest in upland areas and leading to waterlogging
Question: Answer: Glaciers that formed during the period made the land bare and infertile.
Question: Answer: Peat soils cover most of the region which are prone to waterlogging and limit agriculture to sheep and rearing
Question: Answer: Only 0.5% of farmland in the West in used for growing cereals
 
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