Little Langdale Tarn
| Little Langdale Tarn | ||
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| The Little Langdale Tarn | ||
| Geographical location | England , Cumbria | |
| Tributaries |
River Brathay Greenburn Beck |
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| Drain | River Brathay | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 25 '11 " N , 3 ° 4' 1" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 104 m ASL | |
| length | 314 m | |
| width | 265 m | |
| Maximum depth | 9.5 m | |
| Middle deep | 2.7 m | |
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particularities |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
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The Little Langdale Tarn is a lake in the Lake District , Cumbria , England . The lake is located in the Little Langdale Valley at the eastern foot of Wrynose Pass and west of Elter Water .
The tarn was formed in the Ice Age, when glaciers formed the image of what is now the Lake District, and at the end of the last Ice Age it was up to three times larger than it is today.
The River Brathay and Greenburn Beck are its two tributaries to the west of the lake. The River Brathay is its drain to the east. On aerial photos from 1972 you can still see a delta at the confluence of Greenburn Beck into the lake, this delta can no longer be seen on photos from 1983. One possible cause could be the rupture of the dam at Greenburn Reservoir in the winter of 1979/80.
The lake and the land surrounding it have been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) since 1965 . Due to its biodiversity, the lake is a typical nutrient-poor lake. Its surroundings show a destroyed transition from the lake through the various vegetation zones in its vicinity.
See also
Web links
- Little Langdale Tarn on Lakes, Meres, Tarns and Waters
- Little Langdale Tarn by Natural England
Remarks
- ↑ English name for a small ( cirque ) lake or pond
- ↑ Beck is often part of the name of mountain streams in English
Individual evidence
- ^ A b E. Y Haworth, L. Hürrig, PG Appleby: Use of Palaeolimnological Indicators of Long Term Change , Appendix C, accessed June 14, 2017
- ↑ Little Langdale Tarn on SSSI List at Natural England