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=== Lakes === {{Wide image|Derwent Water, Keswick - June 2009.jpg|1200px|Derwent Water, one of 21 large water bodies in the Lake District}} {{See also|List of lakes in the Lake District}} {{location map+|United Kingdom Lake District|relief=1|width=300|maplink=|float=|caption={{center|Major lakes shown within the [[Lake District National Park|National Park]]}}|places= {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Bassenthwaite Lake|Bassenthwaite]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.65|long=-3.216667}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Brothers Water|Brotherswater]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=bottom|lat=54.505556|long=-2.925}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Buttermere|Butter-<br />mere]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.533333|long=-3.266667}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Coniston Water|Coniston]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.335|long=-3.08}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Crummock Water|Crummock]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.56|long=-3.308}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Derwent Water|Derwent<br />Water]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.574|long=-3.145}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Elter Water|Elterwater]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.427469|long=-3.025875}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Ennerdale Water|Ennerdale]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.52|long=-3.376111}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Esthwaite Water|Esthwaite]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.359|long=-2.99}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Grasmere (lake)|Grasmere]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.448834|long=-3.020897}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Haweswater Reservoir|Hawes-<br />water]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.518889|long=-2.804722}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Loweswater]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.5825|long=-3.355278}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Rydal Water]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.446944|long=-2.996389}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Thirlmere]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.533333|long=-3.066667}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Ullswater]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.5775|long=-2.8751}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Wastwater]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=left|lat=54.441667|long=-3.291667}} {{location map~|United Kingdom Lake District |label=[[Windermere]]|label_size=|mark=Blue pog.svg|link=|marksize=7|position=right|lat=54.390|long=-2.944}} }} Only one of the lakes in the Lake District is called by that name, [[Bassenthwaite Lake]]. All the others such as [[Windermere]], [[Coniston Water]], [[Ullswater]] and [[Buttermere]] are meres, [[tarn (lake)|tarns]] and waters, with ''[[mere (lake)|mere]]'' being the least common and ''water'' being the most common. The major lakes and reservoirs in the National Park are given below. {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Bassenthwaite Lake]] *[[Brotherswater]] *[[Buttermere]] *[[Coniston Water]] *[[Crummock Water]] *[[Derwent Water]] *[[Devoke Water]] *[[Elter Water]] *[[Ennerdale Water]] *[[Esthwaite Water]] *[[Grasmere (lake)|Grasmere]] *[[Haweswater Reservoir]] *[[Hayeswater]] *[[Loweswater]] *[[Rydal Water]] *[[Thirlmere]] *[[Ullswater]] *[[Wast Water]] *[[Windermere]] {{div col end}}
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