Floods near Keswick in 2009
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Floods near Keswick in 2009
Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 20 Nov 2009
Considered by researchers to be the worst floods in the area for 600 years, the floods of November 2009 joined Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwentwater to form a single lake for the first time in over a century. The low lying land at the head of Bassenthwaite Lake was entirely flooded. The lakes had originally formed as a single lake, but the alluvial fan from the River Greta extended across the valley dividing it in two. The December 2015 floods again re-joined the lakes.
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Image Location
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54.633909
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-3.18432