Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Wales, United Kingdom by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 8 articles we have published for Wales, United Kingdom lakes.
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Below are lakes within United Kingdom > Wales, United Kingdom > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Wales, United Kingdom, only the 8 Wales, United Kingdom lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Llyn Brianne Reservoir (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
278 ft | Also known as Llyn Brianne, Lake Brianne The Llyn Brianne Reservoir is a beautiful 530-acre (2.1 square kilometer) body of water nestled in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid-Wales. Created in 197… |
Llyn Clywedog (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
217 ft | Also known as Lake Clywedog, Clywedog Reservoir The Clywedog Reservoir, or Llyn (Lake) Clywedog, was formed by damming the River Clywedog, a tributary of the River Severn, in 1967. The concrete butt… |
Bala Lake (North Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
137 ft | Also known as Llyn Tegid Bala Lake is nestled in the gentle rolling hills of North Wales and has stunning mountains resting in the background. The lake, called Llyn Tegid in W… |
Llyn Padarn (North Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
94 ft | Also known as Lake Padarn Llyn Padarn (Lake Padarn) is a sparkling 242-acre (one square kilometer) lake nestled in the Llanberis Pass at the foot of Mount Snowdon, (Wales’ high… |
Lake Vyrnwy (Mid Wales Region, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom) |
84 ft | Also known as Llyn Efyrnwy, Vyrnwy Reservoir Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy in Welsh) is a beautiful man-made reservoir constructed in 1888 to provide the City of Liverpool with a reliable and plentif… |