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There are lots of lakes all around Ireland. The north midlands, including counties like Fermanagh, Westmeath and Cavan have a lot of lakes, so it is not just the west of Ireland that has lots of lakes. The west of Ireland is beside the Atlantic Ocean. A lot of weather systems travel across the Atlantic Ocean heading towards Western Europe. The first major piece of land they hit is Ireland, so it gets a lot of rain as a whole, and because the west is the very first part to receive the rain, it gets the most rain in Ireland. There are lots of mountains and valleys in Ireland, many of those being along the western part of the country, so with all that rain and the geographical structure, many rivers and lakes form there and in other parts of Ireland.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe west of Ireland is on the Atlantic coast. Most weather approaches Ireland from the west and so there is more rain in the west than in the east. Parts of the west have lots of mountains, so lakes form in those. The areas where most lakes are is actually in the north of the midlands of the country.
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∙ 13y agoThe west of Ireland is wetter as most of Ireland's rain approaches from the Atlantic Ocean, to the west of Ireland. So the west of Ireland gets more rain. Also the land has more rock in it, so water is not absorbed as well in some places, leading to more lakes.
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Is Ireland close to water?
Ireland is an island so it is surrounded by water. You are never more than about 70 miles from the sea in Ireland. Ireland also has a large amount of rivers and lakes, so some form of natural water is close to any point of Ireland.
Why was the north east of Ireland more prosperous than the rest of Ireland in 1920?
There was a lot of industry in that part of Ireland, particularly around the Belfast area, and it had not been hit as much by the political strife that affected other parts of Ireland.
What are western landforms in Ireland?
The west of Ireland is more rugged and mountainous than the midlands and east of Ireland. The land is not as good in terms of supporting crops, so there is much more livestock than in other parts. The west of Ireland has some of the most beautiful scenery in Ireland, with many places that are very famous, such as Killarney, Connemara, the Cliffs of Moher and other places. The western coast is more jagged with more peninsulas, bays and cliffs than other parts of the coastline. It is very green, as much of Ireland is, due to the large amount of rain that comes in over Ireland from the west where the Atlantic Ocean.
Does Finland have more than 5000 lakes?
Yes. Finland has about 190,000 lakes.
Do lakes and rivers have more freshwater than ground water?
No groundwater have freshwater than lakes and rivers
What has more freshwater lakes rivers or groundwater?
groundwater has more freshwater than rivers and lakes
Is Ireland larger than Sweden?
No. Sweden is more than 5 times larger than Ireland.
Lakes in New Zealand?
More than 3800 lakes in New Zealand have an area greater than 1 hectare.
Does Ireland have more than one capital?
No. The capital of Ireland is Dublin.
What are facts of Ireland?
There are more mobile phones in Ireland than there are people!
What are the five counties of Ireland?
There are 32 counties in Ireland. There are 26 in the Republic of Ireland and 6 in Northern Ireland. All 6 of Northern Ireland's counties are in the province of Ulster. The province of Ulster has 9 counties. The 3 counties in Ulster that are in the Republic of Ireland are Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan.
Where would you find more lakes in Cavan or Monaghan?
County Cavan would have more lakes than county Monaghan.
