Malham

The limestone pavement at Malham, North Yorkshire. It is an excellent example of this particular geological feature. More or less horizontal, the pavement has a bare limestone surface, cut into by grikes (deep fissures) running at right angles to each other, leaving clints (the slabs of limestone) between them.

Village in North Yorkshire, England, 10 km/6 mi east of Settle on the River Aire. The Craven Fault, a displacement of limestone, forms two amphitheatres of rock, Malham Cove and Gordale Scar, 2 km/1 mi from the village. The cliffs of Malham Cove are nearly 100 m/328 ft high; the River Aire rises at their foot. Malham Tarn, north of the cove, is an upland lake.