In the United Kingdom the exposed landform is called a limestone pavement and thinly covered limestone is known as calcareous grassland.
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A "'limestone pavement "'is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement.
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To the south of the river is one SSSI : Ingleton on the stinted Ingleton Common, in the number of an equivalent limestone pavement.
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A significant proportion of the UK's 20 km?of limestone pavement is to be found on Hutton Roof Crags and the neighbouring Farleton Knott.
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Designated a national nature reserve both for its biological and geological interest, it contains a mosaic of flower-rich grassland, and fragments of limestone pavement.
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They include peat bogs ( Witherslack Mosses ), limestone pavements ( Hutton Roof Crags ), ancient woodlands and coastal sites ( South Walney ).
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The limestone pavement habitat of southern �land, known as Stora Alvaret . has been entered as a site of the UNESCO World Heritage program.
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The Ballinderreen area itself has sometimes referred to by locals as the mini burren due to its turlough ( lake ) and limestone pavement.
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The area has been heavily shaped by erosion, caused by glaciation, rivers, and precipitation; as a result, it has many caves, sinkholes, and limestone pavements.
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But when the limestone pavement is covered by a thin layer of soil, patches of grass are seen, interspersed with plants like the gentian and orchids.
