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  sizes, depths and altitudes of lakes
A TABLE OF THE LENGTH, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF THE LAKES.

No.Names of Lakes.CountiesLength in Miles.Extreme breadth in MilesExtreme depth in FeetHeight above the Sea
1WindermereWestmorland101240116
2HaweswaterWestmorland3½-443
3GrasmereWestmorland[⅓]180180
4Brothers' WaterWestmorland½72-
5Rydal WaterWestmorland54156
6Red Tarn, HelvellynWestmorland---2400
7Coniston WaterLancashire6½160105
8Esthwaite WaterLancashire2½80198
9UllswaterCumberland91210380
10Bassenthwaite WaterCumberland4168210
11DerwentwaterCumberland372228
12CrummockCumberland3¾132240
13ButtermereCumberland¾90247
14LoweswaterCumberland1½60-
15EnnerdaleCumberland½80-
16WastwaterCumberland3½270160
17ThirlmereCumberland½108473

  heights of waterfalls
WATERFALLS.

No.Names and Situations of Falls.CountiesFeet in Height.
1Colwith Force, five miles from AmblesideWestmorland90
2Dungeon Ghyll Force, LangdaleWestmorland90
3Stockghyll Force, near AmblesideWestmorland70
4Rydal Fall, near AmblesideWestmorland70
5Scale Force, S.W. Side of Crummock LakeCumberland160
6Lodore Cascade, near KeswickCumberland150
7Barrow Cascade, near KeswickCumberland122
8Ara Force, West Side of UllswaterCumberland80
9Birker Force, EskdaleCumberland65
10Stanley Gill, EskdaleCumberland62
11Sour Milk ForceCumberland60
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button -- "Ara Force" -- Aira Force
button -- Barrow Cascade
button -- "Bassenthwaite Water" -- Bassenthwaite Lake
button -- Birker Force
button -- "Brothers' Water" -- Brothers Water
button -- Buttermere
button -- Colwith Force
button -- Coniston Water
button -- "Crummock" -- Crummock Water
button -- "Derwentwater" -- Derwent Water
button -- Dungeon Ghyll Force
button -- Ennerdale Water
button -- Esthwaite Water
button -- Grasmere
button -- "Haweswater" -- Hawes Water
button -- "Rydal Fall" -- High Fall
button -- "Lodore Cascade" -- Lodore Falls
button -- Loweswater
button -- Red Tarn
button -- Rydal Water
button -- Scale Force
button -- "Sour Milk Force" -- Sour Milk Gill
button -- "Stanley Gill Waterfall" -- Stanley Force
button -- Stockghyll Force
button -- Thirlmere
button -- Ullswater
button -- "Wastwater" -- Wast Water
button -- Windermere lake
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