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Bala Lake, or Llyn Tegid ([ˈɬɨ̞n ˈtɛɡɨd]), is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee , which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia , feeds the 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long by 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide lake.
Penllyn (head of the lake i.e. Bala Lake or Llyn Tegid) was a medieval cantref originally in the Kingdom of Powys but annexed to the Kingdom of Gwynedd. It consisted of the commotes (cymydau) of Edeyrnion, Dinmael, Penllyn is Treweryn and Penllyn uwch Treweryn (is signifying 'below' and uwch 'above' the River Tryweryn).
Set within the Bala Fault, Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid) is the largest natural lake in Wales at 3.7 miles (6.0 km) in length and 800 metres (870 yards) wide. At 35 metres (115 feet), its depths could hide the tower of St Giles Church in Wrexham and still have 1 metre (3.3 feet) of water above.
The gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) is a freshwater whitefish native to Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid) in northern Wales.. The population is threatened by deteriorating water quality and by the ruffe, a fish introduced to the lake in the 1980s and now eating the eggs and fry of gwyniad.
Cardigan Bay is the largest bay in the country and Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) the largest lake [7] at 4.7 km 2 (1.8 sq mi). Other large lakes include Llyn Trawsfynydd at 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km 2 ), [ 8 ] Lake Vyrnwy at 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km 2 ), [ 9 ] Llyn Brenig at 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km 2 ), [ 10 ] Llyn Celyn at 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km 2 ) [ 11 ] and Llyn Alaw at 1. ...
The Bala Lake Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid) is a narrow-gauge railway along the southern shore of Bala Lake in Gwynedd, North Wales.The line, which is 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7.2 km) long, is built on a section of the former standard-gauge Ruabon–Barmouth GWR route that closed in 1965.
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Llyn Trawsfynydd is a large artificial reservoir situated near the village of Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, North Wales. With a total surface area of 4.8 km 2 (1,200 acres) the reservoir is slightly more extensive than Wales's largest natural lake, Bala Lake at 4.5 km 2 (1,100 acres).