List of lakes in the Lake District
This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
Note that only one body of water, Bassenthwaite Lake, is traditionally named a lake. Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as mere or water, whilst smaller ones are denoted by tarn. Some writers, particularly in the media, refer to Lake Windermere though this use is deprecated.
Physical characteristics of the 20 major lakes
| Name | Length (km)[1] | Max. width (km)[1] | Area (km²)[1] | Volume (m³ x 106)[2] | Mean depth (m)[1] | Max. depth (m)[1] | Surface elev. (m) | Retention time (days)[1][3] | Trophic state index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassenthwaite Lake | 6.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 27.7 | 5.3 | 19.0 | 68.0 | 30 | eutrophic |
| Blelham Tarn | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 42.0 | 50 | eutrophic |
| Brotherswater | 0.598 | 0.432 | 0.1907 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 157.0 | 21 | oligotrophic |
| Buttermere | 2.0 | 0.54 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 28.6 | 100.3 | 140 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Coniston | 8.7 | 0.73 | 4.9 | 113.4 | 24.1 | 56.1 | 43.6 | 340 | mesotrophic/oligotrophic |
| Crummock Water | 4.0 | 0.85 | 2.5 | 66.7 | 26.7 | 43.9 | 97.8 | 200 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Derwent Water | 4.6 | 1.91 | 5.4 | 29.1 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 75.0 | 55 | mesotrophic |
| Elter Water | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1637 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 20 | outer basin: mesotrophic middle basin: eutrophic inner basin: hypereutrophic |
| Ennerdale Water | 3.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 53.5 | 17.8 | 42.0 | 112.2 | 200 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Esthwaite Water | 2.5 | 0.62 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 15.5 | 65.2 | 100 | eutrophic/hypereutrophic |
| Grasmere | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 21.5 | 63.4 | 25 | eutrophic |
| Haweswater | 6.9 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 88.8 | 23.4 | 57.0 | 246.0 | 500 | mesotrophic |
| Loughrigg Tarn | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 97.0 | 117 | eutrophic/mesotrophic | |
| Loweswater | 1.8 | 0.55 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 125.0 | 150 | mesotrophic |
| Rydal Water | 1.2 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 18.0 | 53.0 | 9[4] | eutrophic/mesotrophic |
| Thirlmere | 6.0 | 0.78 | 3.3 | 50.4 | 16.1 | 46.0 | 178.0 | 280 | oligotrophic |
| Ullswater | 11.8 | 1.02 | 8.9 | 219.7 | 25.3 | 63.0 | 145.0 | 350 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Wastwater | 4.8 | 0.82 | 2.9 | 110.4 | 40.2 | 76.0 | 61.0 | 350 | oligotrophic |
| Windermere[5] | 16.8 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 314.3 | 21.25 | 64.0 | 39.0 | slightly eutrophic | |
| Windermere (north) | 7.0 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 202.1 | 25.1 | 64.0 | 39.0 | 180 | slightly eutrophic |
| Windermere (south) | 9.8 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 112.2 | 16.8 | 42.0 | 39.0 | 100 | slightly eutrophic |
Map of major lakes
The map shows the locations of the major lakes listed above 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).[2]
Major lakes in the Lake District
Lakes, tarns and reservoirs
- Alcock Tarn, east of Grasmere, below Heron Pike
- Angle Tarn, north of Bowfell
- Angle Tarn, east of Patterdale, by Angletarn Pikes
- Bassenthwaite Lake
- Beacon Tarn in the Blawith fells, west of Coniston Water
- Bigland Tarn near Haverthwaite
- Blackbeck Tarn on Haystacks
- Bleaberry Tarn, north of Red Pike, near Buttermere
- Blea Tarn, near Boot, Eskdale
- Blea Tarn, between Pike of Blisco and Lingmoor Fell
- Blea Tarn, on Watendlath fell, north of Ullscarf
- Blea Water, below High Street
- Blelham Tarn, west of Windermere
- Blind Tarn, on the east side of the ridge south of Dow Crag
- Boretree Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere
- Bowscale Tarn, on the slopes of Bowscale Fell
- Brothers Water
- Burnmoor Tarn, Between Eskdale and Wasdale
- Buttermere
- Chapelhouse Reservoir, south-east of Uldale
- Codale Tarn, east of High Raise and the Langdale Pikes
- Cogra Moss, between Ennerdale Water and Loweswater
- Coniston Water
- Crummock Water
- Dalehead Tarn, between Dale Head and High Spy
- Derwent Water
- Devoke Water
- Dock Tarn, east of Rosthwaite, south of Watendlath
- Easedale Tarn, west of Grasmere
- Elter Water
- Ennerdale Water
- Esthwaite Water
- Floutern Tarn, north of Great Borne
- Foxes Tarn, north of Scafell
- Goat's Water, west of the Old Man of Coniston
- Grasmere
- Greendale Tarn, by Middle Fell near Wasdale
- Grisedale Tarn, between Fairfield and Dollywaggon Pike
- Gurnal Dubs, west of Garnett Bridge
- Harrop Tarn, in the Wythburn fells, west of Thirlmere
- Haweswater Reservoir
- Hayeswater
- Heights Tarn
- Helton Tarn, northwest of Witherslack
- High Dam Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere
- High House Tarn, south of Glaramara
- Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks
- Kentmere Reservoir
- Knipe Tarn, south-east of Bowness-on-Windermere
- Lanty's Tarn, west of Patterdale
- Levers Water, on the east side of the Coniston fells
- Lingmoor Tarn, on Lingmoor Fell
- Little Langdale Tarn
- Little Tarn, near Orthwaite, south of Uldale
- Littlewater Tarn, near Bampton
- Loughrigg Tarn, below Loughrigg
- Loweswater
- Low Tarn, south of Red Pike, between Yewbarrow and the Seatallan-Haycock ridge
- Low Water, north of the Old Man of Coniston
- Meadley Reservoir, by Flat Fell, Ennerdale
- Moss Eccles Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
- Over Water, south of Uldale
- Parkgate Tarn, near Eskdale
- Potter Tarn, west of Garnett Bridge
- Red Tarn (Helvellyn), below the summit of Helvellyn
- Red Tarn (Langdale), between Cold Pike and Pike of Blisco
- Rydal Water
- Scales Tarn, below the summit of Blencathra and Sharp Edge
- Schoolknott Tarn, south east of the town of Windermere
- Scoat Tarn, below Red Pike and Scoat Fell
- Seathwaite Tarn, west of the Coniston fells
- Simpson Ground Reservoir, east of Staveley-in-Cartmel
- Siney Tarn, north of Eskdale
- Skeggles Water, between Kentmere and Longsleddale
- Small Water, between Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell
- Sow How Tarn
- Sprinkling Tarn, between Scafell Pike and Seathwaite Fell
- Stickle Tarn, Langdale, below Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes
- Styhead Tarn, at the head of Styhead Gill, at Sty Head Pass, between Scafell Pike and Great Gable
- Tarn at Leaves on Rosthwaite Fell
- Tarn Hows
- Tewet Tarn, below Low Rigg near St John's in the Vale
- Thirlmere
- Three Dubs Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
- Three Tarns, between Bowfell and Crinkle Crags
- Tosh Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
- Ullswater
- Wast Water
- Watendlath Tarn
- Wet Sleddale Reservoir
- Windermere
- Wise Een Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
- Woodhow Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
- Yew Tree Tarn, between Holme Fell and Tarn Hows
Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs
- Baystone Bank Reservoir, east of Black Combe (disused and then removed in 2011)[6]
- Keppel Cove Tarn, north of Catstycam, dam destroyed by flood, 1931
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 McNamara, Jane, Table of lake facts, Environment Agency of England and Wales, archived from the original on June 28, 2009, retrieved 2007-11-13
- 1 2 "UK Lakes Portal". Environmental Information Platform. NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ Retention time is an approximate value for mean retention time
- ↑
- ↑ Overall figures for Windermere derived from the two lake portions listed separately here.
- ↑ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/dam-busters-will-put-part-of-cumbria-back-together-1.812084?referrerPath=home
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