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Birker Fell
Birker Fell, also known as ''Birker Moor'', is an upland wilderness area in the western portion of the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England. Rather than being formed of one single high peak, the fell is a broad, undulating area, approximately 6 km square, with numerous crags and prominences scattered across its area. The highest point of the fell is at Green Crag (489m, ). The fell is bordered by the Duddon Valley to the south-east, Ulpha Fell to the south-west, Harter Fell to the north-east, and Eskdale to the north-west.
One small hamlet, Birkerthwaite (), lies in a shallow valley near the centre of the fell, but other than this the only human habitations are scattered hill farms. A road crosses the fell between Eskdale Green and Ulpha, in the Duddon Valley.
==Landscape==
Apart from ''Green Crag'', other notable high points on the fell include: ''Cook Crag'' (469m, ); ''White How'' (444m, ); ''Great Worm Crag'' (427m, ); ''Kepple Crag'' (328m,); ''Great Crag'' (323m, ); ''Rough Crag'' (319m, ); ''Water Crag'' (305m, ); and ''Brantrake Crags'' (259m, ). Between these points are a plethora of smaller crags and knolls, separated by shallow valleys and bogs, giving the high fell an uneven and chaotic appearance.
Water plays an important role in defining the character of Birker Fell. Between the crags flow many small streams, known as ''becks'' or ''gills'' in the local terminology. Many of the becks rise in one of the numerous bogs which occur in the area, the largest of which are ''White Moss'', ''Sike Moss'', ''Tewitt Moss'' and ''Foxbield Moss''. At the western edge of the fell lies Devoke Water, which claims the title of largest tarn in the Lake District. It lies at an altitude of 235 m (770 ft) and is approximately 1 km long (east-west) and 0.4 km wide. The southern border between Birker Fell and Ulpha Fell traces a line between Devoke Water and the valley of Crosby Gill, a large stream that drops down the southern flanks of the fell to the village of Ulpha in the Duddon Valley. The northern edge of the fell is marked by a steep range of crags which drop sharply to the floor of Eskdale. These crags are cut by the cascades of Stanley Force and Birker Force, two of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Lake District.
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