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Mgr. Petra Soukupová
Lake District
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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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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:
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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
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