List of Lakes in the lake District - wikipedia List of Lakes in the lake District This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Note that only one body of water, Bassenthwaite Lake, is traditionally named a lake. Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as mere or water, whilst smaller ones are denoted by tarn. Some writers, particularly in the media, refer to Lake Windermere though this use is deprecated. Contents 1 Physical characteristics of the main lakes 2 Map of major lakes 3 Lakes, tarns and reservoirs 4 Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs 5 References Physical characteristics of the main Lakes 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 10 ) Mean depth ( m ) Max. depth ( m ) Surface elev. ( m ) Retention time ( days ) Trophic state index Bassenthwaite Lake 7000620000000000000 ♠ 6.2 7000110000000000000 ♠ 1.1 7000530000000000000 ♠ 5.3 7001277000000000000 ♠ 27.7 7000530000000000000 ♠ 5.3 7001190000000000000 ♠ 19.0 7001680000000000000 ♠ 68.0 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 eutrophic Blea Water 6999170000000000000 ♠ 0.17 6999510000000000000 ♠ 0.51 7000310000000000000 ♠ 3.1 7002488000000000000 ♠ 488 Blelham Tarn 6999670000000000000 ♠ 0.67 6999289990000000000 ♠ 0.29 6999110000000000000 ♠ 0.11 6999700000000000000 ♠ 0.7 7000680000000000000 ♠ 6.8 7001145000000000000 ♠ 14.5 7001420000000000000 ♠ 42.0 7001500000000000000 ♠ 50 eutrophic Brotherswater 6999598000000000000 ♠ 0.598 6999432000000000000 ♠ 0.432 6999190700000000000 ♠ 0.1907 7000120000000000000 ♠ 1.2 7000720000000000000 ♠ 7.2 7001150000000000000 ♠ 15.0 7002157000000000000 ♠ 157.0 7001210000000000000 ♠ 21 oligotrophic Burnmoor Tarn 6999240000000000000 ♠ 0.24 7000123000000000000 ♠ 1.23 7000510000000099999 ♠ 5.1 7001130000000000000 ♠ 13.0 7002253000000000000 ♠ 253 Buttermere 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2.0 6999540000000000000 ♠ 0.54 6999900000000000000 ♠ 0.9 7001151000000000000 ♠ 15.1 7001166000000000000 ♠ 16.6 7001286000000000000 ♠ 28.6 7002100300000000000 ♠ 100.3 7002140000000000000 ♠ 140 oligotrophic / mesotrophic Cogra Moss 6999160000000000000 ♠ 0.16 6999840000000000000 ♠ 0.84 7000540000000000000 ♠ 5.4 7002225000000000000 ♠ 225 Coniston Water 7000870000000099999 ♠ 8.7 6999730000000000000 ♠ 0.73 7000490000000000000 ♠ 4.9 7002113400000000000 ♠ 113.4 7001241000000000000 ♠ 24.1 7001561000000000000 ♠ 56.1 7001436000000000000 ♠ 43.6 7002340000000000000 ♠ 340 mesotrophic / oligotrophic Crummock Water 7000400000000000000 ♠ 4.0 6999850000000000000 ♠ 0.85 7000250000000000000 ♠ 2.5 7001667000000000000 ♠ 66.7 7001267000000000000 ♠ 26.7 7001439000000000000 ♠ 43.9 7001978000000000000 ♠ 97.8 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 oligotrophic / mesotrophic Derwent Water 7000460000000099999 ♠ 4.6 7000191000000000000 ♠ 1.91 7000540000000000000 ♠ 5.4 7001291000000000000 ♠ 29.1 7000550000000000000 ♠ 5.5 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22.0 7001750000000000000 ♠ 75.0 7001550000000000000 ♠ 55 mesotrophic Devoke Water 6999340000000000000 ♠ 0.34 7000189000000000000 ♠ 1.89 7000550000000000000 ♠ 5.5 7002236000000000000 ♠ 236 Easedale Tarn 6999100000000000000 ♠ 0.10 6999530000000000000 ♠ 0.53 7000510000000099999 ♠ 5.1 7002282000000000000 ♠ 282 Elter Water 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1.0 6999400000000000000 ♠ 0.4 6999163700000000000 ♠ 0.1637 6999500000000000000 ♠ 0.5 7000330000000000000 ♠ 3.3 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7.0 7001530000000000000 ♠ 53.0 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 outer basin : mesotrophic middle basin : eutrophic inner basin : hypereutrophic Ennerdale Water 7000380000000000000 ♠ 3.8 7000110000000000000 ♠ 1.1 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3.0 7001535000000000000 ♠ 53.5 7001178000000000000 ♠ 17.8 7001420000000000000 ♠ 42.0 7002112200000000000 ♠ 112.2 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 oligotrophic / mesotrophic Esthwaite Water 7000250000000000000 ♠ 2.5 6999620000000000000 ♠ 0.62 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1.0 7000620000000000000 ♠ 6.2 7000640000000000000 ♠ 6.4 7001155000000000000 ♠ 15.5 7001652000000000000 ♠ 65.2 7002100000000000000 ♠ 100 eutrophic / hypereutrophic Grasmere 7000160000000000000 ♠ 1.6 6999600000000000000 ♠ 0.6 6999600000000000000 ♠ 0.6 7000470000000000000 ♠ 4.7 7000770000000000000 ♠ 7.7 7001215000000000000 ♠ 21.5 7001634000000000000 ♠ 63.4 7001250000000000000 ♠ 25 eutrophic Grisedale Tarn 6999110000000000000 ♠ 0.11 7000128000000000000 ♠ 1.28 7001116000000000000 ♠ 11.6 7001330000000000000 ♠ 33.0 7002538000000000000 ♠ 538 Haweswater 7000690000000000000 ♠ 6.9 6999900000000000000 ♠ 0.9 7000390000000000000 ♠ 3.9 7001888000000000000 ♠ 88.8 7001234000000000000 ♠ 23.4 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57.0 7002246000000000000 ♠ 246.0 7002500000000000000 ♠ 500 mesotrophic Hayeswater 6999160000000000000 ♠ 0.16 6999300000000000000 ♠ 0.30 7000190000000000000 ♠ 1.9 7002426000000000000 ♠ 426 Kentmere Reservoir 6999160000000000000 ♠ 0.16 6999780000000000000 ♠ 0.78 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5.0 7002297000000000000 ♠ 297 Levers Water 6999140000000000000 ♠ 0.14 7000107000000000000 ♠ 1.07 7000790000000000000 ♠ 7.9 7002413000000000000 ♠ 413 Loweswater 7000180000000000000 ♠ 1.8 6999550000000000000 ♠ 0.55 6999600000000000000 ♠ 0.6 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5.0 7000840000000000000 ♠ 8.4 7001160000000000000 ♠ 16.0 7002125000000000000 ♠ 125.0 7002150000000000000 ♠ 150 mesotrophic Over Water 6999200000000000000 ♠ 0.20 6999450000000000000 ♠ 0.45 7000230000000099999 ♠ 2.3 7001100000000000000 ♠ 10.0 7002188000000000000 ♠ 188 Rydal Water 7000120000000000000 ♠ 1.2 6999360000000000000 ♠ 0.36 6999300000000000000 ♠ 0.3 7000160000000000000 ♠ 1.6 7000440000000000000 ♠ 4.4 7001180000000000000 ♠ 18.0 7001530000000000000 ♠ 53.0 7000900000000000000 ♠ 9 eutrophic / mesotrophic Seathwaite Tarn 6999240000000000000 ♠ 0.24 7000133000000000000 ♠ 1.33 7000550000000000000 ♠ 5.5 7002374000000000000 ♠ 374 Tarn Hows 6999140000000000000 ♠ 0.14 6999750000000000000 ♠ 0.75 7000540000000000000 ♠ 5.4 7002188000000000000 ♠ 188 Thirlmere 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6.0 6999780000000000000 ♠ 0.78 7000330000000000000 ♠ 3.3 7001504000000000000 ♠ 50.4 7001161000000000000 ♠ 16.1 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46.0 7002178000000000000 ♠ 178.0 7002280000000000000 ♠ 280 oligotrophic Ullswater 7001118000000000000 ♠ 11.8 7000102000000000000 ♠ 1.02 7000890000000000000 ♠ 8.9 7002219700000000000 ♠ 219.7 7001253000000000000 ♠ 25.3 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63.0 7002145000000000000 ♠ 145.0 7002350000000000000 ♠ 350 oligotrophic / mesotrophic Wastwater 7000480000000000000 ♠ 4.8 6999820009999900000 ♠ 0.82 7000290000000000000 ♠ 2.9 7002110400000000000 ♠ 110.4 7001402000000000000 ♠ 40.2 7001760000000000000 ♠ 76.0 7001610000000000000 ♠ 61.0 7002350000000000000 ♠ 350 oligotrophic Wet Sleddale Reservoir 6999310000000000000 ♠ 0.31 7000233000000000000 ♠ 2.33 7000760000000000000 ♠ 7.6 7002277000000000000 ♠ 277 Windermere 7001168000000000000 ♠ 16.8 7000160000000000000 ♠ 1.6 7001148000000000000 ♠ 14.8 7002314300000000000 ♠ 314.3 7001212500000000000 ♠ 21.25 7001640000000000000 ♠ 64.0 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39.0 slightly eutrophic Windermere ( north ) 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7.0 7000160000000000000 ♠ 1.6 7000810000000000000 ♠ 8.1 7002202100000000000 ♠ 202.1 7001251000000000000 ♠ 25.1 7001640000000000000 ♠ 64.0 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39.0 7002180000000000000 ♠ 180 slightly eutrophic Windermere ( south ) 7000980000000000000 ♠ 9.8 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1.0 7000670000000000000 ♠ 6.7 7002112200000000000 ♠ 112.2 7001168000000000000 ♠ 16.8 7001420000000000000 ♠ 42.0 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39.0 7002100000000000000 ♠ 100 slightly eutrophic Map of major Lakes The map shows the locations of the lakes with a volume over 4 x 10 m3 and gives an indication of the volume of water in each lake. The markers suggest this by showing the size of a drop of water where the volume of the drop would be in proportion to the quantity of water in the lake ( the diameter of the drop is proportional to the cube root of the lake 's volume ). Bassenthwaite Lake Buttermere Coniston Water Crummock Water Derwent Water Ennerdale Water Esthwaite Water Grasmere Haweswater Reservoir Loweswater Thirlmere Ullswater Wastwater Windermere Kendal Penrith Keswick Ambleside Grasmere Cockermouth Workington Whitehaven Grange - over-Sands Barrow - in - Furness Windermere Major lakes in the Lake District Lakes, tarns and reservoirs Alcock Tarn, east of Grasmere, below Heron Pike Angle Tarn, north of Bowfell Angle Tarn, east of Patterdale, by Angletarn Pikes Bassenthwaite Lake Beacon Tarn in the Blawith fells, west of Coniston Water Bigland Tarn near Haverthwaite Blackbeck Tarn on Haystacks Bleaberry Tarn, north of Red Pike, near Buttermere Blea Tarn, near Boot, Eskdale Blea Tarn, between Pike of Blisco and Lingmoor Fell Blea Tarn, on Watendlath fell, north of Ullscarf Blea Water, below High Street Blelham Tarn, west of Windermere Blind Tarn, on the east side of the ridge south of Dow Crag Boretree Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere Bowscale Tarn, on the slopes of Bowscale Fell Brothers Water Burnmoor Tarn, Between Eskdale and Wasdale Buttermere Chapelhouse Reservoir, south - east of Uldale Codale Tarn, east of High Raise and the Langdale Pikes Cogra Moss, between Ennerdale Water and Loweswater Coniston Water Crummock Water Dalehead Tarn, between Dale Head and High Spy Derwent Water Devoke Water Dock Tarn, east of Rosthwaite, south of Watendlath Easedale Tarn, west of Grasmere Elter Water Ennerdale Water Esthwaite Water Floutern Tarn, north of Great Borne Foxes Tarn, north of Scafell Goat 's Water, west of the Old Man of Coniston Grasmere Greendale Tarn, by Middle Fell near Wasdale Grisedale Tarn, between Fairfield and Dollywaggon Pike Gurnal Dubs, west of Garnett Bridge Harrop Tarn, in the Wythburn fells, west of Thirlmere Haweswater Reservoir Hayeswater Heights Tarn Helton Tarn, northwest of Witherslack High Dam Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere High House Tarn, south of Glaramara Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks Kelly Hall Tarn, south - east of Torver Kentmere Reservoir Knipe Tarn, south - east of Bowness - on - Windermere Lanty 's Tarn, west of Patterdale Levers Water, on the east side of the Coniston fells Lingmoor Tarn, on Lingmoor Fell Little Langdale Tarn Little Tarn, near Orthwaite, south of Uldale Littlewater Tarn, near Bampton Long Moss, between Torver and Coniston Water Loughrigg Tarn, below Loughrigg Loweswater Low Tarn, south of Red Pike, between Yewbarrow and the Seatallan - Haycock ridge Low Water, north of the Old Man of Coniston Meadley Reservoir, by Flat Fell, Ennerdale Moss Eccles Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water Over Water, south of Uldale Parkgate Tarn, near Eskdale Potter Tarn, west of Garnett Bridge Red Tarn ( Helvellyn ), below the summit of Helvellyn Red Tarn ( Langdale ), between Cold Pike and Pike of Blisco Rydal Water Scales Tarn, below the summit of Blencathra and Sharp Edge Schoolknott Tarn, south east of the town of Windermere Scoat Tarn, below Red Pike and Scoat Fell Seathwaite Tarn, west of the Coniston fells Simpson Ground Reservoir, east of Staveley - in - Cartmel Siney Tarn, north of Eskdale Skeggles Water, between Kentmere and Longsleddale Small Water, between Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell Sow How Tarn Sprinkling Tarn, between Scafell Pike and Seathwaite Fell Stickle Tarn, Langdale, below Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes Styhead Tarn, at the head of Styhead Gill, at Sty Head Pass, between Scafell Pike and Great Gable Tarn at Leaves on Rosthwaite Fell Tarn Hows Tewet Tarn, below Low Rigg near St John 's in the Vale Thirlmere Three Dubs Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water Three Tarns, between Bowfell and Crinkle Crags Torver Tarn, disused reservoir on Torver Low Common Tosh Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt Ullswater Wast Water Watendlath Tarn Wet Sleddale Reservoir Windermere Wise Een Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water Woodhow Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt Yew Tree Tarn, between Holme Fell and Tarn Hows Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs Baystone Bank Reservoir, east of Black Combe ( disused and then removed in 2011 ) Keppel Cove Tarn, north of Catstycam, dam destroyed by flood, 1931 References ^ Jump up to : McNamara, Jane, Table of lake facts, Environment Agency of England and Wales, archived from the original on June 28, 2009, retrieved 2007 - 11 - 13 ^ Jump up to : `` UK Lakes Portal ''. Environmental Information Platform. NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 23 May 2016. Jump up ^ Retention time is an approximate value for mean retention time Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Blea Water ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Blelham Tarn ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Burnmoor Tarn ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Cogra Moss ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Devoke Water ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Easedale Tarn ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Grisedale Tarn ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Hayeswater ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Kentmere Reservoir ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Levers Water ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Over Water ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Seathwaite Tarn ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Tarn Hows ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ `` UK Lakes Detail - Wet Sleddale Reservoir ''. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 11. Jump up ^ Overall figures for Windermere derived from the two lake portions listed separately here. Jump up ^ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/dam-busters-will-put-part-of-cumbria-back-together-1.812084?referrerPath=home Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_lakes_in_the_Lake_District&oldid=806422904 '' Categories : Lists of lakes of England Lakes of Cumbria Lake District Cumbria - related lists Lakes of the Lake District Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 21 October 2017, at 23 : 03. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the only lake in the lake district
Answer: Bassenthwaite Lake