Llyn Celyn is a large reservoir constructed in 1961 in the valley of the River Tryweryn in North Wales. Nothing!HAHAHAHAHA! ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tryweryn is a river in North Wales. ... North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ...

Construction of the reservoir involved flooding the village of Capel Celyn which caused considerable local outrage and is still remembered with anger. Much of the anger was occasioned because the village was a strong-hold of Welsh culture and the Welsh language, whilst the reservoir was being built to supply England with water with no benefit to Wales. Jump to: navigation, search Capel Celyn was a rural community to the North West of Bala in North Wales, in the Tryweryn Valley. ... Daffodils. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Jump to: navigation, search England is the worst place known to mankind ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² Ethnicity: 97. ...

Tryweryn memorial chapel at Llyn Celyn

Llyn Celyn showing dam face and take-off tower

The reservoir was constructed in order to support the water abstractions from the River Dee as part of the River Dee regulation system and in particular the abstraction by North West Water at Huntington water treatment works. This works supplies water to Liverpool and the Wirral. The reservoir is contained behind a rock gravity dam and, at its upper end, it is squeezed between Arenig Fawr and Arenig Fach, two of the mountains of south Snowdonia. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1296x972, 1189 KB) Description: Memorial Chapel at Llyn Celyn for the drowned village of Tryweryn Source: photo taken by Velela Date: August 14, 2005 Author: Velela Permission: Velela released under CC-BY-SA-2. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1296x972, 1189 KB) Description: Memorial Chapel at Llyn Celyn for the drowned village of Tryweryn Source: photo taken by Velela Date: August 14, 2005 Author: Velela Permission: Velela released under CC-BY-SA-2. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1296x972, 922 KB) Description: Llyn Celyn showing dam and take-off tower Source: photo taken by Velela Date: August 14, 2005 Author: Velela Permission: Velela released under CC-BY-SA-2. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1296x972, 922 KB) Description: Llyn Celyn showing dam and take-off tower Source: photo taken by Velela Date: August 14, 2005 Author: Velela Permission: Velela released under CC-BY-SA-2. ... Old Dee Bridge, River Dee, Chester, England (2002) The River Dee (Welsh: Afon Dyfrdwy) is a 70 mile (110 km) long river, which rises in Snowdonia, Wales and discharges to the sea a few miles west of Liverpool. ... River Dee Regulation Scheme The water demands of North West England including Liverpool and The Wirral far exceed the locally available sources of clean water. ... United Utilities is a British utility company with its headquarters in Warrington which operates mainly in the North West of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies part of the Wirral peninsula, more commonly known locally as The Wirral. ... dam stands for dekametre. ... Jump to: navigation, search Arenig Fawr is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, north Wales. ... See also Snowdonia National Park The north ridge of Tryfan (seen on the left in this picture) makes an enjoyable scramble in Snowdonia. ...

Water is released from the reservoir into the River Tryweryn which then flows into the River Dee. Most releases pass through a small hydro-electricity plant to supply green electricity to the National grid. The released water first flows into a stilling basin and then down the narrow and rocky valley of the River Tryweryn. This section of river provides facilities for international level white-water canoeing, and rafting. Some water in the reservoir is held in reserve to make special release down the river for specific white-water events. Because the reservoir's principal purpose is to support low river flows in the main River Dee, the best conditions for white-water occur during long dry spells when maximum releases are made from the spillway. During wet weather the releases are throttled back to a minimal maintenance flow. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ... Rafting in Brazil. ... Spillway of Llyn Brianne dam in Wales A Spillway is a structure used to provide for the controlled release of flood flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically being the river that has been dammed. ...