Mgr. Petra Soukupová

Lake District

Contents

General Characteristics History Landscape Lakes Mountains Weather Activities Animals Lake Poets

• the Lakes or Lakeland

• north-west of England (No. 2)

• a picturesque region

• a popular tourist destination

• the Lake Poets

History

• 17th c.: a wild place rarely visited

• 18th c.: first visitors

• 1778: a guidebook written » real tourism starts

• 1951: a national park established

• 1952-1965: a pictorial guidebook » touristic increase

Landscape

• varied

• shaped by glaciers

• deep valleys

• dozens of lakes

• boggy land

• moorland:

» heather, bracken

• daffodils

Woodland

• English oak

• lichens

• mosses

• ferns (bracken)

Lakes

• only one actual lake: Bassenthwaite Lake

• other lakes:

» meres: Windermere

» waters: Derwent Water

» tarns: Red Tarn

Mountains

• high barren areas

• called fells

• Scafell Pike (978m)

Weather

• quickly changeable

• sunny and warm

• lots of rain, fog and clouds

• gales

• very windy (one third of the year)

Activities• walking

• climbing

• cycling

• sailing

• canoeing

Animals

• rich grassland

• thousands of sheep (Herdwick)

• wild Fell Pony

• Red Squirrel

• Red Kite

• Arctic Char

Lake Poets

• romantic poets

• lived here

• inspired by the beauty

• William Wordsworth

• Samuel T. Coleridge

Resources

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Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wastwater,_Lake_District.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keswick_Panorama_-_Oct_2009.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knott

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=lake+district&title=Special%3ASearch

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catbells_Northern_Ascent,_Lake_District_-_June_2009.jpg

Windermere. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Windermere_on_a_misty_morning.JPG

Moorland. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heather_moorland.jpg

Wordsworth. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordsworth

Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Tarn_Lake_District.JPG

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derwent_Water,_Lake_District,_Cumbria_-_June_2009.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_district

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bassenthwaite_Lake_from_Dodd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_654020.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowness_Bay,_Bassenthwaite_Lake_-_geograph.org.uk_-_607854.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scafells.jpg

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windermere_Lake_District_from_hill.JPG

Lake District. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirleme_069.jpg

Red Kite. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kite

Herdwick. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdwick

Arctic Char. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Charr

Lichen. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen

English Oak. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_oak

Fern. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-04]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern