Ennerdale Water
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| Location | Lake District, Cumbria |
| Coordinates | 54°31′12″N 3°22′34″W / 54.52000°N 3.37611°WCoordinates: 54°31′12″N 3°22′34″W / 54.52000°N 3.37611°W |
| Type | natural lake, reservoir |
| Primary inflows | River Liza |
| Primary outflows | River Ehen |
| Basin countries | England |
| Max. length | 4.17 km (2.59 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.28 km (0.80 mi) |
| Surface area | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Islands | 4 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of 150 feet (45 metres), and at ½ mile to a mile (700 to 1,500 metres) wide and 2½ miles (3.9 kilometres) long is one of the smallest lakes in the area. To the west of the lake lies the small village of Ennerdale Bridge, consisting of two pubs and a few houses. It is close to the port of Whitehaven, the town of Cleator Moor and the village of Cleator.
" 'Anund's valley'. The name Ennerdale seems originally to have derived from 'Anundar', gen.[itive] sing.[ular] of the ON pers.[onal] n.[ame] 'Anundr'/'Qnundr', and ON 'dalr' 'valley', but there has been cross-influence between this p.n. and 'Ehen', the name of the river which flows through the valley." (ON is Old Norse.)
The lake has been referred to in guidebooks and maps variously as "Brodewater" (1576), "Brodwater" (1695), "Broad Water" (1760), "Ennerdale Water" (1784) and "Ennerdale Lake" in Otley's Guide (1823). It is now the Ordnance Survey convention to name it "Ennerdale Water".
The lake lies in the eponymous valley of Ennerdale, surrounded by some of the highest and best-known fells in Cumbria including: Great Gable (899 m), Green Gable, Brandreth, High Crag, Steeple and Pillar. Ennerdale Water is fed by the River Liza and other streams, and in turn feeds the River Ehen, which runs to the Irish Sea.
Although the lake is natural, in 1902 a shallow weir was added to what is probably a glacial moraine to maintain the level. The lake is owned by United Utilities, which abstracts water to serve customers in the Whitehaven area.
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