Llyn Peris

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Llyn Peris is a glacial lake in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated near the town of Llanberis and historically associated with slate quarrying and hydroelectric power generation.

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Label Occurrences
Llyn Peris canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake
natural lake
associatedWith Dinorwig Power Station
Dinorwig Power Station
surface form: Dinorwig hydroelectric scheme

Dinorwig Slate Quarry
surface form: Dinorwig slate quarry
basinCountry United Kingdom
Wales
connectedTo Llyn Padarn
country Wales
drainsInto Afon Seiont via Afon Rhythallt
formedBy glacial activity
hasHistoricalUse cooling and process water for industry
supporting slate quarry operations
hasPrimaryInflow mountain streams
hasPrimaryOutflow Afon Rhythallt
hasScenicValue high
hasShoreFeature hydroelectric infrastructure
quarry tips
historicallyAssociatedWith slate quarrying
isTouristAttraction true
languageOfName Welsh
locatedAtBaseOf Dinorwig Slate Quarry
surface form: Dinorwig mountain
locatedBelow Llyn Padarn
locatedIn Gwynedd
Llanberis
surface form: Llanberis valley

North Wales
Snowdonia
locatedNear Llanberis
locatedOn edge of Llanberis
namedAfter Saint Peris
nameMeaning Peris Lake
near Dinorwig Slate Quarry
surface form: Dinorwig village

Llanberis
Llyn Padarn
Snowdon
partOf Afon Seiont catchment
Dinorwig Power Station
surface form: Dinorwig pumped-storage system

Llanberis Pass valley system
landscape of Llanberis Pass approach
region Snowdonia
surface form: Snowdonia National Park
typeOfLake ribbon lake
usedAs lower reservoir for pumped-storage scheme
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
industrial water supply
water storage
watercourse Afon Rhythallt

Referenced by (3)

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Caernarfonshire contains Llyn Peris
Llanberis near Llyn Peris