page_title: Bodmin Moor
section_title: Rivers and inland waters
hierarchical_section_title: Bodmin Moor / Geography / Rivers and inland waters
caption_attribution_description: English: Top of Siblyback Lake. A reservoir used for watersports and fishing. Run by the South West Lakes Trust http://www.swlakestrust.org.uk/
context_page_description: Bodmin Moor is a granite moorland in northeastern Cornwall, England. It is 208 square kilometres in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough Tor, a slightly lower peak. Many of Cornwall's rivers have their sources here. It has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic era, when primitive farmers started clearing trees and farming the land. They left their megalithic monuments, hut circles and cairns, and the Bronze Age culture that followed left further cairns, and more stone circles and stone rows. By medieval and modern times, nearly all the forest was gone and livestock rearing predominated.
  The name Bodmin Moor is relatively recent. An early mention is in the Royal Cornwall Gazette of 28 November 1812. The upland area was formerly known as Fowey Moor after the River Fowey, which rises within it.
context_section_description: Bodmin Moor is the source of several of Cornwall's rivers: they are mentioned here anti-clockwise from the south.
  The River Fowey rises at a height of 290 m (950 ft) and flows through Lostwithiel and into the Fowey estuary.
  The River Tiddy rises near Pensilva and flows southeast to its confluence with the River Lynher (the Lynher flows generally south-east until it joins the Hamoaze near Plymouth). The River Inny rises near Davidstow and flows southeast to its confluence with the River Tamar.
  The River Camel rises on Hendraburnick Down and flows for approximately 40 km (25 mi) before joining the sea at Padstow. The River Camel and its tributary the De Lank River are an important habitat for the otter, and both have been proposed as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) The De Lank River rises near Roughtor and flows along an irregular course before joining the Camel south of Wenford.
  The River Warleggan rises near Temple and flows south to join the Fowey.
  On the southern slopes of the moor lies Dozmary Pool. It is Cornwall's only natural inland lake and is glacial in origin. In the 20th century three reservoirs have been constructed on the moor; these are Colliford Lake, Siblyback Lake and Crowdy reservoirs, which supply water for a large part of the county's population. Various species of waterfowl are resident around these waters.
caption: Siblyback Lake
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