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The Lake District is a mountain- and lake countryside in the county in
north-west of England. It consists of lakes, mountain brooks, waterfalls, meagre
downs and rocky mountains. The biggest lakes are Windermere, Dervent Water,
Coniston Water, Ullswater, Ennerdale Water, Crummock Water and Bassenthwaite
Lake. Some of them are man made. In the area of this park is Scafell Pike, the
biggest mountain in England (978 metres). |
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The Cumbrian Mountains in the north consist of an about 500 million year
old mountain chain of slate from the Ordovizium. In the central part it consists
of younger, volcanic stone and in the south the mountain chain consists of
limestone and other kinds of stone from the Silur about 440 million years old.
These highlands are divided by the U-valleys, called Dales, where the lakes
are, too. The most peculiar animals in the Lake District are Wandersaibling, a
Renken-sort and other several specimen of the rare stone eagles. |
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Short History
The park came into being in 1951. The lakes are remains of the glaciers
of the last ice-age. The Lake District was made famous by English poets (
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey). They lived
there at the beginning of the 19th century. They are also called Lake Poets.
In 1906 a part of the Ullswater Lake was built. The Lake District Nationalpark
covers 2243 km² now . The National Trust, founded in 1895, non-profit club
for the preservation of British countrysides and cultures, is the biggest
landowner in the Lake District.
The special things of the Lake District:
The lakes, tarns and rivers
The quantity and selection of open water, ranging in scale from small
upland tarns to the larger lakes, and the many rivers, help a great deal to the
identity, wildlife and public enjoyment of the Lake District. Enhanced by
pastoral, wooded and mountainous settings they give the Lake District a quality
of countryside not found elsewhere in the country. |
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The wide range of possibilities for outdoor activities :
The mountainous terrain, extensive woodlands and large lakes, the long
tradition of giving entrance together with public rights give place for many
outdoor activities. Most of these, carried out responsibly, are right with
atmosphere protection and pose no difficulties to local communities and other
users.
The opportunities for quiet joy :
The National Park, Lake District, gives place and a feeling of freedom and
silence. It is these characteristics which give opportunities for spiritual
refreshment and feeling free from the pressures of town living; necessary things
of the concept of quiet joy.
Vocabulary :
| mountain and lake countryside |
| county |
| mountain brooks |
| meagre downs |
| slate mountain chain |
| specimen |
| stone eagle |
| glacier |
| quantity |
| scale |
| entrance | |
| Gebirgs- und Seenlandschaft |
| Grafschaft |
| Gebirgsbäche |
| dürre, dürftige Täler |
| Schiefergebirgskette |
| Exemplare |
| Steinadler |
| Gletscher |
| Quantität, Menge |
| Maßstab |
| Ein-, Zugang | |
Jennifer Philipp , Anica Schäffer
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