The Wye Valley is a valley along the border of Wales and England, carved by the River Wye, the fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom, as it runs from the Cambrian Mountains through Hereford to the Severn Estuary at Chepstow. Its lower stretch, a 72-kilometer length of the river prized for limestone gorge scenery and dense native woodland, is protected as the Wye Valley National Landscape, formerly an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, covering 326 square kilometers across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire.
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The Wye Valley (Welsh: Dyffryn Gwy) is a valley in Wales and England.
Associated With: Silurian, Article text, age Silurian
Close to Hereford, the geology of the area around the village of Woolhope is largely made up of Silurian limestones, shales and sandstones.
Associated With: Limestone, Article text, rock Limestone
Close to Hereford, the geology of the area around the village of Woolhope is largely made up of Silurian limestones, shales and sandstones.
Associated With: Shale, Article text, rock Shale
Close to Hereford, the geology of the area around the village of Woolhope is largely made up of Silurian limestones, shales and sandstones.
Associated With: Sandstone, Article text, rock Sandstone
Close to Hereford, the geology of the area around the village of Woolhope is largely made up of Silurian limestones, shales and sandstones.
Associated With: Carboniferous, Article text, age Carboniferous
The steepest parts of the Wye gorge are cut through the Carboniferous Limestone.
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