Lake District Flashcards
Which case study is the Lake District?
A landscape associated with the action of valley glaciers.
Where is the Lake District?
Cumbria in NW England
Name three rock types in the Lake District, where they are found and what landscape do they form?
Skiddaw group- North - smooth mountains with deep gorges
Borrowdale volcanic group- Central- Highest mountains and dramatic landscapes such as Scafell Pike and Hellvelyn
Windermere group- sedimentary - South- gentle hills and lakes landscape
Which is the hardest rock type?
Borrowdale volcanics
There are also granite outcrops. Name location
Shap
There ar also limestone outcrops . Name a location
Whitbarrow
Which geological period is responsible for the current landscape in the Lake District?
Pleistocene
Where would you find drunlins in the Lake District?
South of Kendal
How high are the drumlins?
50-125m high
Are the drumlins in highlands or lowlands?
Lowlands- rarely founf above 300m above sea level
Where can you find lateral moraines?
On the right bank of Langstrath valley. (Still because of mass movement of the valley side)
Where can you find a medial moraine?
Wythburn Valley
Where can you find a terminal moraine?
The Naddle valley (Naddle Beck stream has cut through it and it is much eroded today)
Where can erratics be found ?
Witherslack (made of Borrowdale Volcanic group (hard rock) deposited on limestone (softer rock))
What shaped the landscape of the Lake District?
Climate, geology, aspect, relief, latitude and altitude
An example of location shaped by erosion
Hellvelyn- an eroded down pyramidal peak. Some say an arete
How long is ridge at Hellvelyn?
11km long
Name two corries near Hellvelyn
The corrie containing the Red Tarn and Nethermost Cove
Name a location where you will find a glacial trough
Ullswater (the ribbon lake within the trough)
Why is the floor of Ullswater ribbon lake irregular?
The presence of bands of resistant volcanic rock
Name an example of a Roche Moutonee in Ullswater
Norfolk island
In which direction does the corrie holding the Red Tarn face?
NEE (larger corrie)
In which direction does the Nethermost cove face?
SE (smaller corrie)
