Llyn Celyn
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llyn-celyn-170-6314621
title:
Llyn Celyn
text:
Llyn Celyn is a reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales. This included the forcible removal of the Capel Celyn village residents despite protest and opposition of Welsh MPs. It measures roughly 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long by 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 140 ft (43 m). It has the capacity to hold 71,200,000 cubic metres (93,100,000 cu yd) of water. It was originally to be
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Artificial lake near Bala in Gwynedd, north Wales
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Celyn
date created:
2005-08-15T12:25:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:28:58Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16