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Originally Posted by paul m
I think most of us like lakes - for their own beauty and for the wildlife that lives in and on them.
Unfortunately in my area there are few natural lakes - certainly no large ones: the Dark Peak is a plateau and the White Peak is limestone so the water disappears below ground (the biggest lakes in Derbyshire are probably underground).
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That's an interesting thought - the largest lakes being underground!
Some of the "Lakes" in the Lake District are actually resevoirs. They look so beautiful and natural.
This is Thirlmere in 2006 - look how low the water level was that hot summer, by the time we got there the heat wave was over - guess what - it rained
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Originally there were two smaller lakes - Leathes Water and Wythburn Water here. Because of the growth of of Manchester during the 19th century, there was naturally an increased demand for water. The water-level was raised by construction of a dam by the Manchester Corporation at the northern end of Thirlmere, in 1890–1894. The reservoir was then able to supply water to Manchester via the Thirlmere Aqueduct, roughly 100 miles long. In the process, the settlements of Armboth and Wythburn were submerged, the only remaining building being the little church at Wythburn.
Thirlmere is 3.5 miles long, 1.2 mile wide and 158 feet deep. It is still a resevoir.
Here is a link to a post regarding replacing pines with native trees around Thirlmere - post 3.
Christmas trees