Conclusions
As its name suggests, the Lake
District of the North West region of England is home to numerous
large lakes. Although this national park owes its current appearance
to the activity of glaciers, the landscape actually has a rich
history of complex geological processes dating back half a billion
years.
The Enhanced Thematic Mapper
on NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite captured this natural-color image of
the Lake District National Park on May 7, 2000. Earth-toned crags
rise above lower-lying lands carpeted with green. Like scratch marks
from giant claws, the long, twisted lakes generally radiate outward
from the center of the park.
The Lake
District is one of the most highly populated national parks. There
are however only a handful of major settlements within this
mountainous area - the towns
of Keswick, Windermere, Ambleside and Bowness-on-Windermere being
the largest four. Significant towns immediately outwith the boundary
of the national park
include Kendal, Cockermouth, Penrith and Grange-over-Sands;
each of these have important economic links with the area. Villages
such as Coniston, Threlkeld, Pooley
Bridge, Broughton-in-Furness, Grasmere, Newby
Bridge, Staveley, Lindale, Gosforth and Hawkshead act
as more local centres. The economies of almost all are intimately
linked with tourism. Beyond these are a scatter of hamlets and
innumerable isolated farmsteads, some of which are still tied to
agriculture, others now function as part of the tourist economy.
Literature
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District
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www.eastlancsbirding.co.uk/
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www.itinerarist.com/.../the-scenic-lake-district-north-west-england/
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www.nationaltrust.org.uk/.../w-northwest-lakedistrict_camping.htm
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www.visitnorthwest.com/
