Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in Wales, reaching from, and including, the South Wales mountains of the Brecon Beacons, north Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, 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 (and arguably illogically) localised to the geographically homogeneous Mid Wales uplands known in the Welsh language as the Elenydd (which extend from Pumlumon to Mynydd Mallaen).

This barren and sparsely populated wilderness is often referred to affectionately as the Desert of Wales.

The highest point of the range is Pumlumon. The area includes the source of the River Severn and River Wye, and has been proposed as a National Park. It is the type of locality of the Cambrian period of the Paleozoic era (542-488Ma).

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.[http://www.power-technology.com/projects/cefn_croes/], [http://www.power-technology.com/projects/cefn_croes/cefn_croes5.html],[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hills/cc/]

The Cambrian Mountains also host the Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Brianne reservoir, which provide water for the English West Midlands and for South Wales respectively. They also contain Clywedog Reservoir and Nant y Moch Reservoir.

Principal Cambrian Mountain Summits

Pen Pumlumon Fawr [Plynlimon] 752m
Pen Pumlumon Arwystli 741m
Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan 727m
Y Garn 684m
Pumlumon Fach 668m
Great Rhos 660m
Black Mixen 650m
Drygarn Fawr 645m
Gorllwyn 613m
Bache Hill 610m
Pen y Garn 610m
Y Gamriw 604m
Waen Claerddu 593m

Translation

The phrase "Cambrian Mountains" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.

Translation(s) in other languages: Basque: Mendi Kanbrikoak, Indonesian: Pegunungan Cambrian, Italian: Monti Cambrici, Lithuanian: Kambrijos kalnai, Polish: Góry Kambryjskie.