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  2. Lake District - Wikipedia

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    The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and the Cumbrian mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, and the Lake Poets.

  3. List of lakes of the Lake District - Wikipedia

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    The map shows the locations of the lakes with a volume over 4 x 10 6 m³ and gives an indication of the volume of water in each lake. The markers suggest this by showing the size of a drop of water where the volume of the drop would be in proportion to the quantity of water in the lake (the diameter of the drop is proportional to the cube root of the lake's volume).

  4. Little Langdale - Wikipedia

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    The valley has an annual rainfall of 2,408 millimetres (94.8 in), [8] higher than the Lake District average, which is itself considerably wetter than the UK average. The land in Little Langdale is now mainly used for sheep and cattle farming, although until 1940 at least some of the farmland was ploughed.

  5. Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    The south-west contains the Lake District, a large upland area which has been designated a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. It includes Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, [9] and Windermere, its longest and largest lake. The county has long coast to the west which is bordered by a plain for most of its length.

  6. Category:Lakes of the Lake District - Wikipedia

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    Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Reservoirs in Cumbria. Pages in category "Lakes of the Lake District"

  7. Esthwaite Water - Wikipedia

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    Cumbria portal; Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area. To the north is the village of Hawkshead and to the west is Grizedale Forest.

  8. List of hill passes of the Lake District - Wikipedia

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    The hill passes listed are routes within the Lake District National Park between two different valleys where a pathway is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 or 1:25000 map. Passes to be considered may be listed as "pass" or "hause" in the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 gazetteer provided also that a route crossing the ridge is marked on the map. [74]

  9. Ullswater - Wikipedia

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    Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England and part of the Lake District National Park. It is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere. The lake is about 7 miles (11 km) long, 0.75 miles (1 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 63 metres (207 ft).