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Llyn Celyn

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Llyn Celyn is a large reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales. [1]

36 relations: A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Afon Tryweryn, Arenig Fach, Arenig Fawr, Bala and Festiniog Railway, BBC, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Canoeing, Canolfan Tryweryn, Capel Celyn, Chester, Culture of Wales, David Llewellyn (British politician), Dee Regulation Scheme, Gravity dam, Great Western Railway, Gwynedd, Hydroelectricity, Liverpool, Member of parliament, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, National Grid (Great Britain), Plaid Cymru, Private member's bill, Rafting, Reservoir, River Dee, Wales, Snowdonia, Sustainable energy, Trawsfynydd, United Utilities, Wales, Welsh language, Welsh nationalism, Whitewater, Wirral Peninsula.

A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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Afon Tryweryn

The Tryweryn is a river in the north of Wales which starts at Llyn Tryweryn in the Snowdonia National Park and after joins the river Dee at Bala.

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Arenig Fach

Arenig Fach is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, north Wales.

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Arenig Fawr

Arenig Fawr (Great High Ground) is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, close to Llyn Celyn reservoir alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and Bala.

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Bala and Festiniog Railway

The Bala and Festiniog Railway was a, standard gauge, railway backed by the Great Western Railway (GWR)Awdry (1990); p15 railway in North Wales.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Blaenau Ffestiniog

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in Wales.

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Canoeing

Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.

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Canolfan Tryweryn

Canolfan Tryweryn is the National White Water Centre for Wales, and is based near Bala in North Wales.

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Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn was a rural community to the north west of Bala in Gwynedd, north Wales, in the Afon Tryweryn valley.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Culture of Wales

Wales is a country in Western Europe that has a distinctive culture including its own language, customs, holidays and music.

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David Llewellyn (British politician)

Sir David Treharne Llewellyn (17 January 1916 – 9 August 1992), was a British Conservative politician and junior minister.

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Dee Regulation Scheme

The River Dee regulation scheme is a system of flow balancing and quality management along the River Dee managed by a consortium of the three largest water companies licensed to take water from the river, United Utilities, Welsh Water and Severn Trent Water; together with the regulator, Natural Resources Wales.

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Gravity dam

A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by primarily utilizing the weight of the material alone to resist the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, in North West England.

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National Grid (Great Britain)

The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network in Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere in GB (England, Scotland and Wales) can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere.

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Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru (officially Plaid Cymru – Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a social-democratic political party in Wales advocating for Welsh independence from the United Kingdom within the European Union.

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Private member's bill

A private member's bill in a parliamentary system of government is a bill (proposed law) introduced into a legislature by a legislator who is not acting on behalf of the executive branch.

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Rafting

Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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River Dee, Wales

The River Dee (Afon Dyfrdwy, Deva Fluvius) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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Snowdonia

Snowdonia (Eryri) is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area.

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Sustainable energy

Sustainable energy is energy that is consumed at insignificant rates compared to its supply and with manageable collateral effects, especially environmental effects.

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Trawsfynydd

Trawsfynydd (Welsh for "across mountain") is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau near Blaenau Ffestiniog.

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United Utilities

United Utilities Group plc (UU), the United Kingdom's largest listed water company, was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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Welsh nationalism

Welsh nationalism (Cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig) emphasises the distinctiveness of Welsh language, culture, and history, and calls for more self-determination for Wales, which might include more devolved powers for the Welsh Assembly or full independence from the United Kingdom.

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Whitewater

Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to create so much turbulence that air is entrained into the water body, that is, it forms a bubbly or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white.

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Wirral Peninsula

Wirral, also known as The Wirral, is a peninsula in northwest England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Celyn

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