Tarn Hows
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Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park in North West England, It contains a picturesque tarn, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Coniston and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the area with over half a million visitors per year in the 1970s and is managed by the National Trust.
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Tarn Hows | |
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Location | Lake District |
Coordinates | 54°23′N 3°02′W |
Type | artificial |
Primary outflows | Tom Gill |
Catchment area | 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi)[1] |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Max. length | 0.971 km (0.603 mi) |
Max. width | 0.258 km (0.160 mi) |
Surface area | 15 ha (37 acres) |
Average depth | 5.4 m (18 ft)[1] |
Max. depth | 8.8 m (29 ft)[2] |
Water volume | 0.000754 km3 (611 acre⋅ft) |
Shore length1 | 3.1 km (1.9 mi) |
Surface elevation | 180–188 m (591–617 ft)[1] |
Islands | 5 |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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Tarn Hows is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires and is drained by Tom Gill which cascades down over several small waterfalls to Glen Mary bridge: named by John Ruskin who felt that Tom Gill required a more picturesque name and so gave the area the title 'Glen Mary'.
The area features in the map of the open world racing game Forza Horizon 4.