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Grampian Mountains
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Barns of Bynack, Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. The barns are granite tors protruding from the upper slopes of Bynack More (1,090 m/3,576 ft), a mountain to the east of Cairn Gorm itself.

Mountain range in north central Scotland that includes Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles at 1,343 m/4,406 ft, and the Cairngorm Mountains, which include the second highest mountain, Ben Macdhui 1,309 m/4,295 ft. The region includes Aviemore, a winter holiday and sports centre.

The mountains are composed of granite, gneiss, quartzite, marble, and schists. The chief river flowing from the watershed north is the Spey; those flowing east are the Don and the Dee; those flowing south are the Esk and the Tay.



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