Bassenthwaite Lake

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lake natural freshwater lake

Bassenthwaite Lake is a large, shallow lake in England’s Lake District National Park, noted for its scenic setting beneath the Northern Fells and its importance as a wildlife habitat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 3.7 metres ⓘ
country England ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 69 metres ⓘ
habitatFor Atlantic salmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
osprey ⓘ
otter ⓘ
trout ⓘ
wetland birds ⓘ
hasConservationDesignation Site of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
Special Area of Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConservationIssue eutrophication ⓘ
nutrient enrichment ⓘ
hasShorelineFeature reedbeds ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
inflow Dash Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newlands Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pow Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Derwent NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOfLargestLakesIn Lake District NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor birdwatching ⓘ
scenic landscape ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
length approximately 6.4 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
Lake District National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedInValley Derwent Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Bassenthwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementAuthority Environment Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake District National Park Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 21 metres ⓘ
maximumWidth approximately 1 kilometre ⓘ
nearbyHill Dodd Fell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Skiddaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement Braithwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thornthwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ
outflow River Derwent NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Lake District NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedArea Lake District National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
recreation birdwatching ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
region Cumberland (ceremonial county of Cumbria) NERFINISHED ⓘ
situatedBeneath Northern Fells NERFINISHED ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 5.3 square kilometres ⓘ
waterBodyType shallow lake ⓘ

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

Northern Fells → boundedBy → Bassenthwaite Lake ⓘ
Allerdale → contains → Bassenthwaite Lake ⓘ
Cumberland, England → contains → Bassenthwaite Lake ⓘ
Blencathra → hasViewOf → Bassenthwaite Lake ⓘ
River Derwent → passesThrough → Bassenthwaite Lake ⓘ
subject surface form: River Derwent (Cumbria)