Coordinates: 54°28′16″N 3°11′35″W / 54.471°N 3.193°W / 54.471; -3.193

Sprinkling Tarn

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Sprinkling Tarn
An upland lake with a mountain beyond
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LocationLake District
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Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
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Sprinkling Tarn is a body of water at the foot of Great End, in the Southern Fells in Lake District, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Seathwaite, Cumbria, England.[1] It is noted for its trout and an introduced rare fish, vendace.[2] Formerly known also as Sparkling Tarn. It is known as the wettest place of England with an annual precipitation of over 5 metres (16 ft).[3][4]

Sprinkling tarn has aquatic plants including intermediate water-starwort, quillwort, shoreweed, floating bur-reed and awlwort and this lake is within the Site of Special Scientific Interest called Scafell Pikes (see Scafells).[5][6]

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