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Wast Water or Wastwater (/ ˈ w ɒ s t w ɔː t ər /) is a lake located in Wasdale, a valley in the western part of the Lake District National Park, England. The lake is almost three miles (five kilometres) long and more than one-third mile (500 m) wide. It is a glacial lake, formed in a glacially 'over-deepened' valley. It is the deepest lake ...
Wasdale (/ ˈ w ɒ z d eɪ l /; traditionally / ˈ w ɒ s ə l, ˈ w ɒ ʃ d ə l /) [1] is a valley and civil parish in the western part of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Irt flows through the valley to its estuary at Ravenglass. A large part of the main valley floor is occupied by Wastwater, the deepest lake in ...
Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres (14 miles) south east of the town of Whitehaven.It reaches only a modest altitude of 535 m (1,755 ft) but is part of one of the Lake District’s most dramatic landscapes in that the rugged and impressive Wastwater Screes (also known as "The Screes") fall from the fells summit ...
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).
The Lake District is a major sanctuary for the red squirrel and has the largest population in England (out of the estimated 140,000 red squirrels in the United Kingdom, compared with about 2.5 million grey squirrels). [41] The Lake District is home to a range of bird species, [42] and the RSPB maintain a reserve in Haweswater. [43]
Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District.It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater.Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit.
In Wasdale, the National Trust owns both the country's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, as well as its deepest lake, Wastwater. The majority of the surrounding mountains also belong to the Trust, including Great Gable. Further down the valley is the wooded and tranquil Nether Wasdale Estate.
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