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Wast Water
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Wast Water (wŏst), lake, 3 mi (4.8 km) long and 1-2 mi (.8 km) wide, in the Lake District, NW England, SW of Keswick. It is the deepest lake in England (maximum depth 258 ft/79 m). The ravine of Wastdale Head is nearby.
Wast Water
a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 5 km (3 miles)


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She moved with the family between Nunsmere and their other homes in Sloane Street, London, and Irton Hall at Wastwater, Cumbria.
It owes its rugged landscape to massive glaciers that melted thousands of years ago, carving out huge valleys in the process and leaving behind a series of lakes - including Wastwater, the deepest at 74 metres.
Yee likened the constant rain to a 'Chinese screen of bamboo hanging before my eyes' and was upset that there were no water lilies floating on Wastwater.
 
 
 
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