Llyn Cowlyd Snowdonia
by Adrian Evans
Title
Llyn Cowlyd Snowdonia
Artist
Adrian Evans
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
Llyn Cowlyd is the deepest lake in north Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park on the edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of 1,164 feet (355 m) above sea level. The lake is long and narrow, measuring nearly 2 miles (3 km) long and about a third of a mile (500 m) wide, and covers an area of 269 acres (1.1 km2). It has a mean depth of 109 feet (33 m) and at its deepest has given soundings of 229 feet (70 m), this being some 45 ft (14 m) greater than its natural depth, the water surface having been raised twice by the building of dams. Llyn Cowlyd has a 30' high dam at its north-eastern end, which consists of a rock and earth embankment with a concrete core. A concrete and stone apron protects the dam from wave action, which comes from the direction of the prevailing winds. The dam, which replaced a lower, earlier one, was completed in 1921, and it was officially opened on 20 September 1922. painterly style
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July 6th, 2018
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