Tankunan Zuwa Arewa maso yamma ana kiransu Monadh Liath da Monadh Ruadh (wanda yanzu ake kira The Cairngorms ), ma'ana Grey Mounth da Red Mounth .
Wasu kafofin suna ganin Mounth yana kaiwa zuwa yamma kamar Drumochter Pass ( A9 ), [2] amma yanzu an yarda gaba ɗaya a fara a Cairnwell Pass ( A93 - mafi girman hanyar wucewa a Biritaniya, Glen Shee ski center). [3] A nan, wani babban undulating Filato mamaye da zurfin glacial kududdufai (Glen Isla, Glen Callater, Glen Muick, Glen Clova) culminates a Glas Maol (1068m / 3504 ') a kan babban watershed, tare da outlying dutse Lochnagar (1155m / 3789') da kewaye "White Mounth". Zuwa gabas, tudun yana faɗaɗa cikin ƙasa mai zurfi wanda kwarin kwarin ya mamaye, musamman Glen Esk da Glen Tanar, suna saukowa a hankali gabas zuwa gaɓar tekun Tekun Arewa tsakanin Stonehaven da Aberdeen . Wannan ita ce mafi kyawun tsararren sararin samaniyar Haland mai tsaunin pre-glacial. [4]
Ta haka ne Blairgowrie, Braemar, Ballater, Banchory, Stonehaven, da Kirriemuir suka ɗaure Mounth, kuma ya ƙunshi gabashin Highland Perthshire, Angus Glens, da kudancin Aberdeenshire. Manyan sassan suna cikin Cairngorms National Park .
Mounth
Tarihi Mounth ya kasance babban shinge mai ƙarfi wanda, har zuwa wani lokaci, ya ware arewa maso gabashin Scotland daga ƙasashen Scottish Lowlands, a zahiri da al'adu. A Tsakiyar Tsakiya an gina tsohuwar hanyar da aka sani da Causey Mounth don haɗa Stonehaven zuwa Aberdeen ta amfani da tsayin hanyar dutse don shiga cikin wannan yanki mai cunkoso na gabashin Mounth. [5] Wannan hanyar ta hanyar Cowie Castle, Muchalls Castle, Portlethen Moss da Bridge of Dee . Hanyar ita ce Earl Marischal da Marquess na Montrose suka ɗauka lokacin da suka jagoranci rundunar Covenanter na maza 9000 a yaƙin farko na Yaƙin Masarautu Uku a 1639. [6]
