Gibraltar

The Rock runs from north to south
for a length of nearly 3 miles.
Although there has been a
land increase due to reclamation,
the use of square miles
as a measurement of area
does not reflect this.

It's highest point is 1,396 feet.
The top of the Rock is a sharp,
knife-ridge extending for about a mile
and a half from the north escarpment,
which is virtually inaccessible,
and then sloping gradually
to the south for about a mile.
It terminates at the southern extremity,
Europa Point, in perpendicular cliffs
about a hundred feet high.
The upper length of the
eastern face is inaccessible
and the steep upper half
of the western slopes
is uninhabited and has
been designated a nature reserve.

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Geologically, Gibraltar may be divided into two main parts. The first is the plain to the north that consists of sand to a depth of some 30 feet, followed by some four feet of clay, a bed of coarse sand 21/4 feet thick and limestone. The second is a mass of the Rock itself southwards from the north cliff to Europa Point consisting of compact grey limestone probably of Jurassic age, overlaid in parts with dark shale, limestone breccia or sands.

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There are no permanent natural
water supplies in Gibraltar.
The main sources used to be
the water catchments on
the rock face, which collected
rainwater and supplied the
reservoirs hollowed out
inside the Rock, and wells
on the sandy plain to the north.
The main supply is currently
provided by an efficient
number of distillers,
distilling sea-water
located at the North Mole.

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Vegetation in Gibraltar is rich and varied on the western upper slopes and in the Alameda Gardens. Over 600 species of plants, exclusive of ferns, mosses and lichens have been listed as growing on the Rock, six of them, including the Gibraltar Candytuft, being found nowhere else in Europe. Vegetation is at its best between the months of October and May. The hot sun and scanty rainfall tend to give the Rock a somewhat barren appearance during the summer months.

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Over 270 species of wild birds
have been recorded in Gibraltar.
Some are resident on the Rock,
like the Barbary Partridge
that is not found anywhere else
on the European Mainland.
The majority are migrants
that congregate at the narrow neck
(the Strait of Gibraltar)
that separates Europe from Africa.
Among these the best known
and most spectacular are
the migrations of 15 species
of birds of prey
and 50,000 White Storks
cross the Strait.
In addition, the Rock holds
populations of mammals,
including bats, reptiles and insects,
and marine life
some of which are of regional interest.

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