Cambrian Mountains
The
Cambrian Mountains are a
mountain range in
Mid Wales, reaching from the
Brecon Beacons in
South Wales to
Snowdonia in
North Wales. Originally the term "Cambrian Mountains" was applied in a general sense to most of upland Wales. Since the 1950s, its application has become increasingly localised to the geographically homogeneous Mid Wales uplands of Pumlumon, Elenydd, and Mynydd Mallaen.
The highest point of the range is
Plynlimon.
The area includes the source of the
River Severn and
River Wye.
It has been proposed as a
National Park.
It is the type locality of the
Cambrian period of the
Paleozoic era (542-488Ma).
The Cambrian Mountains were the winning answer to the final question in the tiebreakers of the 2006
National Geographic Bee, in which
Illinois champ Bonny Jain triumphed over
New Hampshire champion
Neeraj Sirdeshmukh.
Cefn Croes, the site of a controversial
wind farm project, is in the Cambrian Mountains, just south of the
A44 road between
Aberystwyth and
Llangurig.[
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