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The Chatsworth Nature Preserve (CNP) is a 1,325-acre (536 ha) open-space preserve located in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States. The preserve contains oak woodlands, savanna , riparian areas , grassland , vernal pools , and an Ecology Pond, all of which support more than 200 bird species ...
The Emperor Fountain is a 19th-century fountain in the grounds of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England. The Canal Pond in which the fountain stands is 283 metres (928 ft) long and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. The fountain and pairs of surrounding sculptures has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. [1]
The name 'Chatsworth' is a corruption of Chetel's-worth, meaning "the Court of Chetel". [6] In the reign of Edward the Confessor, a man of Norse origin named Chetel (Danish-Norwegian: Ketil) held lands jointly with a Saxon named Leotnoth in three townships: Ednesoure to the west of the Derwent, and Langoleie and Chetesuorde to the east. [7]
Chatsworth is flanked by the Santa Susana Mountains on the north, Porter Ranch and Northridge on the east, Winnetka, Canoga Park, West Hills on the south, the Simi Hills, and unincorporated Los Angeles County and Ventura County on the west, and Twin Lakes, a community founded by San Francisco's George Haight in the early 20th century and unincorporated Los Angeles County which includes a 1,600 ...
Chatsworth Television, a British television production company; 1887 Great Chatsworth train wreck, bridge collapse on the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad in Illinois; 2008 Chatsworth train collision, a collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train in the Chatsworth district of Los Angeles on September 12, 2008
The ice house is in the garden to the south of the house by the Canal Pond. It is sunk into the ground, and has a retaining dry stone wall of sandstone. The doorway, now blocked, has a stone lintel, and behind it is a circular domed structure. [21] II: Statue east of the Ring Pond
The Chatsworth Estate may refer to: Chatsworth House and the surrounding lands in Derbyshire, England; The Chatsworth Estate, the fictional setting of the C4 show ...
The technical distinction between a pond and a lake has not been universally standardized. Limnologists and freshwater biologists have proposed formal definitions for pond, in part to include 'bodies of water where light penetrates to the bottom of the waterbody', 'bodies of water shallow enough for rooted water plants to grow throughout', and 'bodies of water which lack wave action on the ...