Afon Tryweryn

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Afon Tryweryn is a river in North Wales known for its white-water rapids and the controversial flooding of the village of Capel Celyn to create the Tryweryn Reservoir.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
River Tryweryn 3
Afon Tryweryn canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Welsh language activism
Welsh nationalism
basinCountry United Kingdom
Wales
country Wales
ecoregion temperate Atlantic river system
environment upland river
flowRegulation controlled releases from Llyn Celyn
flowsInto River Dee (Galloway)
surface form: River Dee
hasControversy forced flooding of Capel Celyn without local consent
hasCulturalSignificance subject of Welsh protest slogan "Cofiwch Dryweryn"
symbol of Welsh resistance to external control
hasFacility National White Water Centre
hasPart Llyn Celyn
Tryweryn Reservoir
hasRecreationArea lower Tryweryn white-water section
upper Tryweryn white-water section
knownFor Tryweryn Reservoir
flooding of Capel Celyn
white-water kayaking
white-water rafting
white-water rapids
languageOfName Welsh
locatedIn North Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gwynedd
Snowdonia
surface form: Snowdonia National Park
mouthOfWatercourse River Dee
near Bala (Pen-y-Bont)
surface form: town of Bala
notableEvent creation of Tryweryn Reservoir
flooding of the village of Capel Celyn
notableFor reliable year-round white-water levels
partOf River Dee catchment
region Snowdonia
sourceLocation Arenig Fawr
surface form: Arenig Fawr area
touristAttraction National White Water Centre
tributaryOf River Dee
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
recreational kayaking
recreational rafting
water supply
watercourseThrough Bala
Capel Celyn
yearOfEvent 1965

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Llyn Tegid inflow Afon Tryweryn
Bala Lake inflow Afon Tryweryn
River Dee hasTributary Afon Tryweryn
this entity surface form: River Tryweryn
Llyn Celyn inflow Afon Tryweryn
this entity surface form: River Tryweryn
Llyn Celyn outflow Afon Tryweryn
this entity surface form: River Tryweryn