Llyn Trawsfynydd

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Llyn Trawsfynydd is a large man-made reservoir in Gwynedd, Wales, originally constructed to supply cooling water for the now-decommissioned Trawsfynydd nuclear power station and now used for recreation and fishing.

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Llyn Trawsfynydd canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf man-made lake
reservoir
artificial true
basinCountry United Kingdom
completedIn 1920s
constructedFor Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
constructionStart 1920s
country Wales
createdBy construction of dams
currentUse angling
leisure
nature conservation
hasArea approximately 1200 acres
approximately 4.8 square kilometres
hasElevation approximately 220 metres above sea level
hasFacility boat launch points
car parks
fishing jetties
hasFeature islands
surrounding conifer plantations
surrounding moorland
hasFishSpecies brown trout
eels
perch
pike
rainbow trout
hasRecreationalPath circular lakeside path
hasShoreLength approximately 13 km
inflow Afon Crawcwellt
Afon Prysor
locatedIn Gwynedd
Eryri National Park
surface form: Snowdonia National Park
locatedNear Blaenau Ffestiniog
Trawsfynydd
managedBy Natural Resources Wales
nearStructure Trawsfynydd nuclear power station
nearTransportRoute A470 road NERFINISHED
originalUse industrial cooling
supporting nuclear power generation
outflow Afon Prysor
partOf Afon Dwyryd catchment
purpose cooling water supply
region north-west Wales
usedFor boating
fishing
recreation
walking
wildlife observation
waterBodyType reservoir

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

Trawsfynydd hasBodyOfWater Llyn Trawsfynydd
Trawsfynydd hasNearbyLandmark Llyn Trawsfynydd
Moel Ysgyfarnogod overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd