Semer Water
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| View of Semer Water from the northeast | ||
| Geographical location | Yorkshire Dales , North Yorkshire , England | |
| Tributaries | Raydale Beck | |
| Drain | River Bain → River Ure → Ouse → Humber → North Sea | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 16 '50 " N , 2 ° 7' 30" W | |
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| surface | 40 ha | |
| length | 800 m | |
Semer Water (alternate spelling Semerwater ) is a natural lake in the Yorkshire Dales . It is located in Raydale , a side valley of the Wensleydale .
description
Among the natural lakes in the Yorkshire Dales, Semer Water is the second largest (after Malham Tarn ). The lake is 800 m long at its largest and covers an area of 0.4 km². It is fed by the Raydale Beck and in turn feeds England's shortest river, the River Bain , which flows into the River Ure after just 4 km .
In the vicinity of the lake are the hamlets of Countersett (north), Marsett (southwest) and Stalling Busk (south) and some individual farms.
The name, which has been documented since 1153, is pleonastic and comes from the Old English sæ ("lake"), mere (also "lake") and water ("water"). Often the name is extended to "Lake Semerwater" with a fourth component with the same meaning.
use
Semer Water can be reached via several small roads from Wensleydale, which runs north. To the south and south-west runs a ridge that separates the Raydale from Langstrothdale; there is no generally usable road connection above it. The lake is used as a recreation area, for water sports and fishing and is the only lake in the Yorkshire Dales that can be sailed on.
There is a paid car park with an information board on the north bank.
natural reserve
Semer Water and its surroundings have been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1975 and are therefore under nature protection.
Trivia
Semer Water appears in several episodes of the TV series Der Doktor und das liebe Vieh , for example in the episodes The Playing Field (in the background) or Female of the Species .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Semer Water", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press