How was the Lake District formed?
STEP ONE: MOUNTAINS The earth’s surface is made up of tectonic plates, as they are constantly moving they sometimes clash and create mountains.
STEP TWO: ICE AGE As the climate cooled the Ice Age began.
Snow falls and accmulates in one place over a long period of time.
STEP THREE: GLACIERS
As the snow builds up glaciers are created, and when they become too heavy they move.
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When the glacier becomes too heavy it moves, this is called basal slip.
STEP FOUR: GLACIERS ERODE THE LAND Large chunks of ice break off the glaciers and as they melt they create depressions in the ground.
STEP FIVE: LAKE BASINS When the glaciers melted they left behind rocks, boulders, sand and gravel that dammed the lakes, this is called Moraine.
The glacier leaves a trail of moraine when it melts, this comes from rocks that were caught on the sides, at the far end of glaciers, and trapped inbetween two glaciers.
STEP SIX: RAIN As the climate got warmer, it rained and this water filled the lake basins.
STEP SEVEN: LAKE DISTRICT FLOURISHES The large bodies of water and various different land types created a perfect habitat for many different forms of life to flourish.
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