Lake District

• Where is the Lake District

  Northwest England in Cumbria
• Red tarn?

  Corrie

  720m above sea level

  210m high
• Striding edge?

  Arête

  2.4km long
• Glenridding?

  Hanging valley

  4.73km long
• Patterdale ?

  Glacial trough

  16.4km long
• Ullswater?


  Ribbon lake

  7.4 miles
• Norfolk Island?

  Roche moutonee
• Where is hummocky moraine found in the LD

  glenridding beck
• Where is terminal moraine found in LD

  lip of red tarn
• Where are drumlins found in LD

  Eden vale, Cumbria
• How many drumlins Are there in eden vale

  308
• What is an example of an erratic

  Granite in north Cumbria which moved over 25km from Criffel in Scotland
• How does altitude influence landforms

  Altitude affects climate, with a cold and wet climate the Lake District means glaciers were able to form in the ice age.
• three rock types in LD

  skiddaw rock

  Windermere rock

  borrowdale volcanic rock
• What is skiddaw rock

  Metamorphic rocks like slate, not resistant to weathering so form rounded mountains
• What is Windermere rock

  Sedimentary rocks, like limestone. Least resistant to weathering so form gentle hills
• What is borrowdale volcanic rock

  Igneous rock like basalt. Resistant to weathering so create rugged mountains
• How might red tarn change over time

  Freeze thaw steepens back wall.

  rockfalls
• How might drumlins change over time

  Biological weathering