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The terms 'rhaeadr', 'sgwd', 'pistyll' and 'ffrwd' all feature in the Welsh names of waterfalls. 'Sgwd' (plural 'sgydau') is restricted to the southern part of mid Wales, notably Brecknockshire whilst 'pistyll' is common in the northern parts of mid Wales.
Attractions in include the promenade, its beach, the Alice in Wonderland trail, the Great Orme, its cablecar and its tramway. [11] [12] [13] Dolgellau – a town located close to Cadair Idris mountain on the approach to the Afon Mawddach estuary. Other attractions include the Mawddach Trail, Precipice Walk and Coed-y-Brenin biking centre. [14]
Llyn Alaw (meaning: Lily Lake) is a man-made reservoir on Anglesey, North Wales managed by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water. It is a shallow lake and was built in 1966. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a destination for over-wintering birds.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is a not-for-profit company which supplies drinking water and wastewater services to most of Wales and parts of western England that border Wales. In total, it serves around 1.4 million households and businesses and over three million people - and supplies nearly 830 million litres (180 million imperial gallons) of drinking water per day.
The name appears as Llys-y-frân on Ordnance Survey maps as well as in legislation, [1] and the parish has been recorded with a number of spellings including Llysyfran, Llys-y-fran, Llys-y-Frân and Llys-y-Vrân. [2] The word llys translates into English as "court" and y frân translates as "[of] the crow".
Aber Falls (Welsh: Rhaeadr Fawr) is a waterfall located about two miles (3 km) south of the village of Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales.. The waterfall is formed as the Afon Goch plunges about 120 feet (37 m) over a sill of igneous rock in the foothills of the Carneddau range.
Llandegfedd Reservoir (also spelled as Llandegveth) is a large 174 hectare water supply reservoir and is eight miles (13 km) north of Newport in south Wales.The reservoir is very close to Pontypool, Cwmbran and Usk, with the boundary between Monmouthshire and Torfaen running through it along the former Sôr Brook.
This list of Welsh lakes ordered by principal areas (counties and county boroughs) includes lakes with a surface area of greater than 5 acres (2.0 ha), but excludes those lakes and ponds created as part of an active industrial site (i.e., works ponds) and also excludes service reservoirs used to store drinking water as part of the water supply system.