The entrance to the ravine

The upper waterfall

The first hurdle. .

James Ward

Gordale Scar is a dramatic limestone ravine close to Malham, North Yorkshire, England. James Ward ( 23 October 1769 &ndash 17 November 1859) was a painter particularly of animals and an engraver Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Malham is a Village in Craven, North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales with a population of 120 North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging cliffs of limestone over 100 metres high. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The gorge was produced by water from melting glaciers . "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Gordale Scar is one of the highlights of any visit to Malham. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which joins with Malham Beck 2 miles downstream to form the River Aire. The River Aire is a major River in Yorkshire, England of length 114km (71m A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires some mild scrambling over tufa at the lower waterfall. Scrambling (also known as alpine scrambling) is a method of ascending rocky faces and ridges Tufa article--> Tufa is the name for an unusual geological

William Wordsworth wrote a sonnet about this vast chasm with its impressive waterfalls; James Ward created a large and imaginative painting [1] of it that can be seen in Tate Britain. The sonnet is one of the poetic forms that can be found in Lyric poetry from Europe. James Ward ( 23 October 1769 &ndash 17 November 1859) was a painter particularly of animals and an engraver Tate Britain is a part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.