Esthwaite Water
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Esthwaite Water | |
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Lake District National Park Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria | |
Location | Lake District, Cumbria |
Coordinates | 54°21′N 2°59′W / 54.350°N 2.983°W |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Surface area | 280 acres (1.1 km2) |
Average depth | 6.4 m (21.0 ft) |
Max. depth | 15.5 m (50.9 ft) |
Residence time | 0.26 years |
Surface elevation | 65.3 m (214 ft) |
Islands | 1 |
Designated | 7 November 1991 |
Reference no. | 536[1] |
Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known
The lake covers around 280 acres (1.1 km2) and is known for its excellent
Etymology
Esthwaite may mean either "the eastern clearing", with Middle English est, probably replacing Old Norse austr 'east', and Norse þveit "clearing", or 'the clearing where ash trees grow', from Norse eski "ash trees, ash copse" (see askr) and again þveit.[2] Derivation from Brittonic *ïstwïth, "bent, curved, flexible, supple" has also been suggested (Welsh ystwyth, see River Ystwyth).[3]
'Water' is
Wordsworth poems
The lake was mentioned as the location where William Wordsworth conversed with a friend in Wordsworth's poem, "Expostulation and Reply," part of Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads and, in the same collection, it is the location for "Lines Left Upon A Seat In A Yew-Tree." Wordsworth also mentions it in his Prelude in line 267: "Make green peninsulas on Esthwaite's Lake", and also at line 570: "From Esthwaite's neighbouring lake the splitting ice". The poem "The vale of Esthwaite" (1787) was Wordsworth's first effort at sustained composition.[5]
Ecology
Esthwaite is notable as one of the most nutrient rich of the
References
- ^ "Esthwaite Water". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ISBN 0904889726.
- ^ James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ Whaley, 2006, p.422
- ^ Wordsworth circle Vol.45 No.1
- ^ Heterogeneity in Esthwaite Water, a Small, Temperate Lake: Consequences for Phosphorus Budgets. Eleanor B. Mackay, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. August 2011. Page ii. Accessed 5 October 2022.
- ISBN 1-86220-020-3
External links
- Media related to Esthwaite Water at Wikimedia Commons