Wast water
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| Wast Water versus Great Gable | ||
| Geographical location | Lake District , Cumbria , England | |
| Tributaries | Lingmell Beck , Over Beck , Nether Beck , Countess Beck | |
| Drain | River Irt → River Esk | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 26 '34 " N , 3 ° 17' 42" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 60 m ASL | |
| length | 4.6 km | |
| width | 600 m | |
| Maximum depth | 78.6 m | |
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| View of Wast Water from the Great Gable | ||
Wast Water or Wastwater is a lake in the Lake District National Park in Northern England and is located in the Wasdale Valley . It is about 4.6 kilometers long, 600 meters wide and is the deepest lake in England . Its water level is 60 meters above sea level, while the deepest point is 78.6 meters below sea level. It was formed in the last ice age when the glaciers formed the trough valleys of the Lake District.
location
The lake extends from northeast to southwest in Wasdale and is bounded in the northwest by the mountains Yewbarrow and Middle Fell , in the southeast by the steep slopes of the mountains Whin Rigg and Illgill Head, called Wastwater Screes , whose red stones were formerly used to mark sheep . To the east and north, the Wasdale is closed by some of the highest mountains in England: Scafell Pike , Kirk Fell , Red Pike , Lingmell and Great Gable . Wastwater is the origin of the River Irt, which flows southwest and flows into the Irish Sea at Ravenglass .
Naming
The name "Wastwater" is derived from the Old Norse Vatndalr = valley of water and the English addition "water", which is used to designate many lakes in the Lake District.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The lake has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1987 . Wast Water is a great example of a low nutrient lake. At 290 hectares, the lake is the largest and with a depth of 78.6 m also the deepest body of water of this type in England. It has the least amount of agricultural land around a lake in the Lake District. The water has a very low mineral content. The flora and fauna of the lake are naturally very limited. The arctic char, which is otherwise very rare in England, occurs in abundance in the lake.
Underwater dwarfs
On February 14, 2005, the BBC News website reported that there was an underwater dwarf garden. Although the water in the lake is clear and visibility is good, there isn't much to see. Presumably that is why garden gnomes were set up there as an "attraction" on the lake bottom and even surrounded by a fence. After a few accidents involving careless divers looking for the dwarfs, they were removed. It is believed, however, that they were set up again beyond the depth that police divers could reach.
Sellafield
The lake is used as a fresh water reservoir by the Sellafield nuclear complex, 15 km away . The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, as the operator of the plant on the Irish Sea, was granted a license to extract 18,000 m³ per day and 6.5 million m³ per year.
crime scene
Wast Water has been the scene of a felony along with other lakes such as Coniston Water and Crummock Water . Margaret Hogg's murder came to be known as The Wasdale Lady in the Lake .
Margaret Hogg was killed by her husband, her body wrapped in a carpet and weighed down with a cinder block in the Wast Water. After eight years she was discovered by divers while looking for a missing French tourist because she had not sunk to the bottom as planned at the deepest point, but got stuck on a ledge under water.
Play
The play Wastwater by the British playwright Simon Stephens premiered on May 14, 2011 at the Wiener Festwochen. Psychological abysses around loneliness, pornography and child trafficking raise questions.
Plane wreck
In January 1945, an RAF plane crashed on a training flight when it hit the summit of the Great Gable. Parts of the wreck were found in the lake in 2013.
See also
Web links
- Wasdale and Wastwater at Beautiful Britain
- Wastwater at The Cumbria Directory
- Walk Of The Month - Wast Water Screes at The Dalesman
- Mountain Rescue Team Wast Water
- Wastwater Youth Hostel
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Gambles: Lake District Place Names . Dalesman Books, Clapham 1985
- ↑ Wast Water on SSSI List at Natural England
- ^ Underwater gnome threat returns . BBC News, February 14, 2005
- ↑ The Wasdale's Lady In The Lake Mystery
- ^ Wiener Festwochen (description) ( Memento from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wastwater search for World War II aircraft BBC News April 20, 2013, accessed April 22, 2013