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  Lake District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Skiddaw Slates are found in the north of the park and were probably deposited in shallow seas; their thickness is unknown.
Seathwaite in Borrowdale is the wettest inhabited place in the British Isles with an average of 3,300 mm of rain a year, while nearby Sprinkling Tarn is even wetter, recording over 5,000 mm per year; by contrast, Keswick, at the end of Borrowdale receives 1,470 mm per year, and Penrith (just outside the Lake District) only 870 mm.
Her life is currently being made into a biopic film, being filmed in the Lake District and the Isle of Man, starring Renee Zellwegger and Ewan McGregor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_District   (3550 words)

  
 Cumberland, England - LoveToKnow Watches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The older, a sedimentary slaty series of Ordovician age, the Skiddaw slates, surrounds Bassenthwaite, Saddleback, Crummock Water, Keswick and Cockermouth and the western end of Ennerdale Water.
Such rocks are the granophyre hills of Buttermere and Ennerdale, the microgranite patches on either side of the Vale of St John, and the great mass of Eskdale granite which reaches from Wastwater to the flanks of Black Combe.
After the withdrawal of the Romans (of whose occupation there are various important relics in the county) little is known of the region which is now Cumberland, until the great battle of Ardderyd in 573 resulted in its consolidation with the kingdom of Strathclyde.
www.1911ency.org /C/CU/CUMBERLAND.htm   (3144 words)

  
 The Ultimate Lake District Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Of these, four are over 3000 ft: Scafell Pike (3210 ft, 978 metres), Scafell (3162 ft, 965 metres), Helvellyn (3118 ft, 951 metres) and Skiddaw (3053 ft, 932 metres).
Despite its name, there is only one body of water in the park with the word Lake in the name, namely Bassenthwaite Lake.
Sheltered valleys experience gales on an average of 5 days a year; the coastal areas have 20 days of gales; while the fell tops may have 100 days of gales per year.
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Lake_District   (2145 words)

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