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Pennines

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Pen·nines  (pnnz) also Pennine Chain
A range of hills extending about 257 km (160 mi) southward from the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border to central England. Sometimes called "the backbone of England," it rises to 893.7 m (2,930 ft) at Cross Fell.

Pennines [ˈpɛnaɪnz]
pl n
(Placename) a system of hills in England, extending from the Cheviot Hills in the north to the River Trent in the south: forms the watershed for the main rivers of N England. Highest peak: Cross Fell, 893 m (2930 ft.) Also called the Pennine Chain
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Noun1.Pennines - a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
England - a division of the United Kingdom
Translations
Pennines [ˈpɛnaɪnz] npl
the Pennines → les Pennines fpl
Pennines
plPennines pl, Gebirgszug in Nordengland
Pennines [ˈpɛnaɪnz] npl the Penninesi Pennini


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English Heritage's Research Department is working with the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership to scour 300 square kilometres of Alston Moor in Northumberland and Cumbria.
Mr Beaumont is well-known for his landscape paintings, particularly views around the south Pennines, and for interpreting these scenes with realism and atmosphere.
World Heritage Site Blaenavon in South Wales, Merseyside's 'green lung' the Sefton Coast, and the South Pennines are among those to benefit from the funding.
 
 
 
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