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Many reservoirs which were constructed for one purpose e.g. industry, may now serve different or additional purposes e.g amenity or, as in many cases, have been abandoned entirely. Reservoirs range in size with many under 1 acre in area serving local needs, up to Llyn Trawsfynydd which extends to 1,128 acres (456 ha).
This is a list of lakes in Wales, including those created as reservoirs.The names of most lakes in Wales start with the word "Llyn", which is Welsh for "lake".Except where otherwise referenced, all lakes listed here are named on the relevant Ordnance Survey map at 1:25000 scale.
This list contains 273 individual reservoirs, which amount to approximately 90% of total reservoir storage in the United Kingdom, sourced from the Environmental Information Data Centre. [ 1 ] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
This category is for articles pertaining to reservoirs in Wales. For lakes see Category:Lakes of Wales . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Wales .
The country has many man-made reservoirs and exports water to England as well as generating power through hydroelectric schemes. The largest group of reservoirs, are in the Elan Valley and include Claerwen. Other notable bodies of water include Bala Lake, Llyn Trawsfynydd, Lake Vyrnwy, Talybont Reservoir and Llyn Brianne. Some of these are ...
Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, created in 1888 by flooding the head of the River Vyrnwy (Welsh: Afon Efyrnwy) valley.The river flows from the dam into Shropshire where it converges with the River Severn near the village of Melverley on the Welsh border and outflows into the Bristol Channel.
National nature reserves in Wales are selected and designated by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (formerly the Countryside Council for Wales). There are 76 reserves all of which are also SSSIs , they cover 26,536 hectares (265.36 km 2 ), or less than 1.5% of the land area of Wales.
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