Reservoir
Rutland Water
One of the largest reservoirs in England by surface area, a pumped storage reservoir filled from the Rivers Nene and Welland rather than by its own catchment.
Key facts
- Capacity
- approximately 124 million m³
- Surface area
- 12.6 km²
- Completed
- 1975
- Type
- Pumped storage — filled by transfer, not by natural catchment
Relationships
- Located in: England
Related intelligence
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Sources
- World Wildlife Fund / McGill University — HydroSHEDS / HydroRIVERS / HydroLAKES / HydroBASINS. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted