Windermere catchment

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The Windermere catchment is the hydrological drainage area in England’s Lake District that collects water flowing into Windermere, the region’s largest natural lake.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Windermere catchment canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
hydrological drainage basin
river catchment
containsProtectedArea Lake District National Park
linked to: Lake District
containsSettlement Ambleside
Bowness-on-Windermere
Hawkshead
Lakeside
Windermere (town)
containsWaterBody Blelham Tarn
Elter Water
Esthwaite Water
Loughrigg Tarn
Sticklebarn Gill
drainsInto Windermere
linked to: Lake Windermere
hasDominantGeology Borrowdale Volcanic Group
Windermere Supergroup
glacial till deposits
hasEnvironmentalIssue algal blooms in Windermere
phosphorus enrichment
hasLandUse broadleaf woodland
conifer plantation forestry
improved grassland
tourism and recreation
upland grazing
hasMajorInflow Cunsey Beck
Mill Beck
River Brathay
River Rothay
Trout Beck
hasOutflow River Leven
hasPrimaryHydrologicalProcess groundwater discharge to streams
surface runoff collection
isShapedBy Pleistocene glaciation
locatedIn Cumbria
England
Lake District
United Kingdom
monitoredBy Environment Agency
monitoredFor flood risk
nutrient loading
water quality
partOf North West England river basin district
linked to: North West England
subjectOf catchment management plans
water framework directive assessments
supportsEcosystem freshwater lake habitats
river and stream habitats
wetland and riparian habitats

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

River Brathay drainageBasin Windermere catchment
Cunsey Beck partOfDrainageBasin Windermere catchment