| 词条 | Devoke Water |
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| name = Devoke Water | image =File:Afternoon_sun_on_Devoke_Water_from_Seat_How_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1215073.jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Lake District, Cumbria | coords = {{Coord|54|21|33|N|3|18|10|W|region:GB_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = Black Beck | catchment = | basin_countries = United Kingdom | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = 770 ft (223 m) | islands = | cities = }}Devoke Water is a small lake in the mid-west region of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is the largest tarn in the Lake District.[1] It lies on Birker Fell, 1 km to the west of the road between Ulpha and Eskdale, at an altitude of 770 feet (223 m). It has a depth of {{Convert|46|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}. It can be reached via a bridle track. There is a two-storey stone boathouse-cum-refuge and a ruined stable. Devoke Water has an outlet in the north west, via Black Beck, which, after a short distance, plunges over rocks down a {{Convert|26|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} cascade, towards the River Esk. The fishing rights to Devoke Water are owned by Millom Anglers and it is stocked with brown trout. It also holds perch. The Circuit of Devoke Water{{anchor|Circuit of Devoke Water}}One of the chapters of Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a circular walk anticlockwise around Devoke Water, starting and finishing on the road to the east. He describes the summits Rough Crag at {{convert|1049|ft|m}}, Water Crag at {{convert|997|ft|m}}, White Pike at {{convert|1370|ft|m}}, Yoadcastle at {{convert|1610|ft|m}}, Woodend Height at {{convert|1597|ft|m}} and Seat How at {{convert|1020|ft|m}}, and notes that White Pike has a "splendid columnar cairn" and a view to Muncaster Castle.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/magazine/tscontent/editorials/walking/2011/lake-district-tarns.html |title=Guide to Lake District tarns| work=Ordnance Survey Magazine | |accessdate=12 October 2018 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001851/http://www.magazine.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/magazine/tscontent/editorials/walking/2011/lake-district-tarns.html |archivedate=December 31, 2013 }} {{Principal Lakes in English Lake District}}{{Cumbria-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=144–149|chapter=The Circuit of Devoke Water}} 3 : Lakes of the Lake District|Fells of the Lake District|Borough of Copeland |
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