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|text='''Coniston Water''' is a lake in [[Lancashire]], within the Lake District. It is the third largest lake in the Lake District; five miles, half a mile wide, and covering an area of 1,210 acres. Coniston Water is an example of a ribbon lake formed by glaciation. The lake sits in a deep U-shaped glaciated valley scoured by a glacier in the surrounding volcanic and limestone rocks during the last ice age. | |text='''Coniston Water''' is a lake in [[Lancashire]], within the Lake District. It is the third largest lake in the Lake District; five miles, half a mile wide, and covering an area of 1,210 acres. Coniston Water is an example of a ribbon lake formed by glaciation. The lake sits in a deep U-shaped glaciated valley scoured by a glacier in the surrounding volcanic and limestone rocks during the last ice age. | ||
To the north-west of the lake rises the Old Man of Coniston, the highest point in Lancashire and the chief fell of the Coniston Fells group}}<noinclude> | To the north-west of the lake rises the Old Man of Coniston, the highest point in Lancashire and the chief fell of the Coniston Fells group.}}<noinclude> | ||
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