List Of Sites Of Special Scientific Interest In Nithsdale
The following is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Nithsdale Area of Search. For other areas, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search. * Back Wood * Black Loch * Carron Water and Hapland Burn * Chanlockfoot * Coshogle Wood * Kirkconnell Flow * Lag Meadow * Lagrae Burn * Leadhills-Wanlockhead * Locharbriggs Quarry * Longbridge Muir * Mennock Water * North Lowther Uplands * Polhote and Polneul Burns * River Nith at Drumlanrig Bridge De-notified (confirmed) on 17 November 2011 * Shiel Dod * Stenhouse Wood * Tynron Juniper Wood * Upper Solway Flats and Marshes {{SSSI AOS lists Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Nithsdale, Lists of Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Area of Search, Nithsdale ...
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Sites Of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I". Selection and conservation Sites notified for their biological interest are known as Biological SSSIs (or ASSIs), and those notified for geological or physiographic interest are Geological SSSIs (or ASSIs). Sites may be divided into management units, with some areas including units that are noted for both biological and geological interest. Biological Biological SSSI/ASSIs may ...
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