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Bassenthwaite Lake - Definition and Overview |
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Bassenthwaite Lake is located in the Lake District in England. It is the only lake in the Lake District, all the others being waters (eg Derwent Water, Ullswater) or meres (eg Thirlmere, Buttermere). It is fed by, and drains into, the River Derwent. The lake lies at the foot of Skiddaw and Dodd Wood, near the town of Keswick.
The lake is about 6 kilometres long by 600 to 1000 metres wide.
The lake is crossed where the Derwent leaves it by Ouse Bridge, on the road between the Castle Inn and Cockermouth/Keswick.
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Example Usage of Bassenthwaite |
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Cydonia59: @stewyphoto my neck of the woods then. Up a height you can get both Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite or into Borrowdale Langstrath etc.... |
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adprs_logs: 10/12/09 13:30:31 pub cus819 Z 3* accom Bassenthwaite(3 star holidays from Bassenthwaite) time 9 (0/1871/5835/9040(0)_/9040(0)_/9040(0)_) |
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fyldelibraries: @mechanic61 According to our sources, 16 main bodies of water but only one official 'lake' Bassenthwaite-the rest are tarns or meres :-) |
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