Llyn Cowlyd

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Llyn Cowlyd is a long, narrow reservoir in Snowdonia, North Wales, known for its remote, rugged setting and use in supplying water and hydroelectric power.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Llyn Cowlyd canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
reservoir ⓘ
access mountain track from Trefriw ⓘ
track from Dolgarrog ⓘ
basinCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
catchmentArea Carneddau mountains ⓘ
linked to: Carneddau
connectedBy water conduits to Dolgarrog power station ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 357 metres ⓘ
hasHydroelectricConnection Dolgarrog hydroelectric power scheme ⓘ
hasIsland no permanent islands ⓘ
hasNearbyPeak Carnedd Llewelyn ⓘ
linked to: Carnedd Llywelyn

Creigiau Gleision ⓘ
Pen Llithrig y Wrach ⓘ
hasStructure Llyn Cowlyd dam ⓘ
languageOfName Welsh ⓘ
length approximately 3.5 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Conwy County Borough ⓘ
North Wales ⓘ
Snowdonia ⓘ
locatedInValley Cwm Cowlyd ⓘ
locatedOn eastern flank of the Carneddau ⓘ
managedBy Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 70 metres ⓘ
near Dolgarrog ⓘ
Trefriw ⓘ
notableFor bleak upland scenery ⓘ
relative isolation from roads ⓘ
orientation southwest–northeast ⓘ
outflow Afon Ddu ⓘ
partOf Snowdonia National Park ⓘ
linked to: Snowdonia
primaryUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
public water supply ⓘ
region Gwynedd and Conwy region of Wales ⓘ
setting remote ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
shape long and narrow ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Conwy Valley ⓘ
Llandudno area ⓘ
town of Conwy ⓘ
surroundedBy steep mountain slopes ⓘ
usedFor angling ⓘ
recreational walking ⓘ
waterManagementRole strategic reservoir for North Wales water supply network ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Capel Curig → nearLake → Llyn Cowlyd ⓘ
Lakes of Snowdonia → contains → Llyn Cowlyd ⓘ