Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
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Llyn Nantlle Uchaf is a lake
in the Nantlle Valley
, Gwynedd
, Wales
. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's
painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle" .
Llyn Nantlle Isaf (Lower Nantlle Lake) no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
in the Nantlle Valley
Nantlle Valley
The Nantlle Valley is an area in Gwynedd, north Wales, characterised by its large number of small settlements.Around 80% of the population of the Nantlle Valley speak Welsh as their first language. Some of the communities came into being as a result of slate quarrying in the late eighteenth or...
, Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's
Richard Wilson (painter)
Richard Wilson was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country.' He is considered to be the...
painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle" .
Llyn Nantlle Isaf (Lower Nantlle Lake) no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.