Bala Lake
Water type: Natural lake
Basin: River Dee (Wales) -> Irish Sea
Continent:
Europe
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
Wales (UK)
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Bala Lake is a large freshwater glacial lake in Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dee, which has its source on the slopes of Dduallt in the mountains of Snowdonia, feeds the 6 km long by 0.8 km wide lake. It was the largest natural body of water in Wales even before its level was raised by Thomas Telford to provide water for the Ellesmere Canal.