The Lakes in The Lake District
This table gives details of those bodies of water with a surface area of at least 0.1 km².
| Name | Length (km) | Max. width (km) | Area (km²) | Volume (m³ x 106) | Mean depth (m) | Max. depth (m) | Surface elev. (m) | Retention time (days) | Trophic state index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassenthwaite Lake | 6.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 27.7 | 5.3 | 19.0 | 68.0 | 30 | eutrophic |
| Blea Water | 0.55 | 0.17 | 0.51 | 3.1 | 488 | ||||
| Blelham Tarn | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 42.0 | 50 | eutrophic |
| Brotherswater | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 157.0 | 21 | oligotrophic |
| Burnmoor Tarn | 0.83 | 0.24 | 1.23 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 253 | |||
| Buttermere | 2.0 | 0.54 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 28.6 | 100.3 | 140 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Cogra Moss | 0.68 | 0.16 | 0.84 | 5.4 | 225 | ||||
| Coniston Water | 8.7 | 0.73 | 4.9 | 113.4 | 24.1 | 56.1 | 43.6 | 340 | mesotrophic/oligotrophic |
| Crummock Water | 4.0 | 0.85 | 2.5 | 66.7 | 26.7 | 43.9 | 97.8 | 200 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Derwent Water | 4.6 | 1.91 | 5.4 | 29.1 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 75.0 | 55 | mesotrophic |
| Devoke Water | 1.17 | 0.34 | 1.89 | 5.5 | 236 | ||||
| Easedale Tarn | 0.5 | 0.10 | 0.53 | 5.1 | 282 | ||||
| Elter Water | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.16 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 20 | outer basin: mesotrophic middle basin: eutrophic inner basin: hypereutrophic |
| Ennerdale Water | 3.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 53.5 | 17.8 | 42.0 | 112.2 | 200 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Esthwaite Water | 2.5 | 0.62 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 15.5 | 65.2 | 100 | eutrophic/hypereutrophic |
| Grasmere | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 21.5 | 63.4 | 25 | eutrophic |
| Grisedale Tarn | 0.55 | 0.11 | 1.28 | 11.6 | 33.0 | 538 | |||
| Haweswater | 6.9 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 88.8 | 23.4 | 57.0 | 246.0 | 500 | mesotrophic |
| Hayeswater | 0.9 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 1.9 | 426 | ||||
| Kentmere Reservoir | 0.7 | 0.16 | 0.78 | 5.0 | 297 | ||||
| Levers Water | 0.5 | 0.14 | 1.07 | 7.9 | 413 | ||||
| Loweswater | 1.8 | 0.55 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 125.0 | 150 | mesotrophic |
| Over Water | 0.73 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 2.3 | 10.0 | 188 | |||
| Rydal Water | 1.2 | 0.36 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 18.0 | 53.0 | 9 | eutrophic/mesotrophic |
| Seathwaite Tarn | 1.15 | 0.24 | 1.33 | 5.5 | 374 | ||||
| Tarn Hows | 0.85 | 0.14 | 0.75 | 5.4 | 188 | ||||
| Thirlmere | 6.0 | 0.78 | 3.3 | 50.4 | 16.1 | 46.0 | 178.0 | 280 | oligotrophic |
| Ullswater | 11.8 | 1.02 | 8.9 | 219.7 | 25.3 | 63.0 | 145.0 | 350 | oligotrophic/mesotrophic |
| Wastwater | 4.8 | 0.82 | 2.9 | 110.4 | 40.2 | 76.0 | 61.0 | 350 | oligotrophic |
| Wet Sleddale Reservoir | 1.0 | 0.31 | 2.33 | 7.6 | 277 | ||||
| Windermere | 16.8 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 314.3 | 21.25 | 64.0 | 39.0 | slightly eutrophic | |