File:Ireland (MODIS).jpg
Summary
It is easy to see from this true-colour image why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. Intense <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a> vegetation, primarily grassland, covers most of the country except for the exposed rock on mountaintops. Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Air" title="Category:Air">air</a>. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, particularly the warm currents in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream" title="Gulf Stream">North Atlantic Drift</a>, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.
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current | 03:09, 5 January 2017 | 1,600 × 2,200 (532 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | It is easy to see from this true-colour image why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. Intense <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a> vegetation, primarily grassland, covers most of the country except for the exposed rock on mountaintops. Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Air" title="Category:Air">air</a>. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, particularly the warm currents in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream" title="Gulf Stream">North Atlantic Drift</a>, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude. |
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