Wessex Hills

Japanese: ウェセックス丘陵 - うぇせっくすきゅうりょう
Wessex Hills

...(1) Field farming: In the eastern dry regions from Yorkshire to East Anglia, where the annual rainfall is less than 750 mm, large-scale field farming with rotation of wheat, barley, sugar beet, and potato is predominant. (2) Mixed farming: In the transitional central regions such as the Midlands and the Wessex Hills, where the two-field and three-field communal farming system was widespread in the Middle Ages, mixed farming is still popular today, with the cultivation of wheat, barley, oats, and pasture grass, as well as the raising of beef cattle and pigs. (3) Dairy farming: Dairy farming is typical of the humid western regions with an annual rainfall of around 1000 mm, and is found not only in the Lancashire-Cheshire Plain and the Somerset Plain, but also in the hills of the Midlands. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Wessex Hills" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(1)畑作農業地帯 ヨークシャーからイースト・アングリアにいたる年降水量750mm以下の東部乾燥地域では,小麦や大麦,テンサイ,ジャガイモを輪作する大規模な畑作が卓越する。(2)混合農業地帯 中世に二圃式・三圃式の共同耕地制が広範に普及していたミッドランズ地方やウェセックス丘陵などの中部漸移地帯は,現在でも小麦,大麦,エンバク,牧草の栽培と肉牛,豚の飼育による混合農業が盛んである。(3)酪農地帯 年降水量1000mm前後の西部湿潤地域を代表するのが酪農であり,ランカシャー・チェシャー平野,サマセット平野だけではなく,ミッドランズの丘陵部でもみられる。…

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