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ENGLAND’S HIGHEST LAKE, MALHAM TARN – WHERE KINGSLEY’S ‘WATER BABIES’ WERE BORN

By on January 10, 2013 in Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Cove, Dales, evolution, Jessie Willcox Smith, Malham, National Trust, NT, Tarn, The Water Babies, Yorkshire

Malham Tarn is a heart-shaped glacial lake formed about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age. It lies high above the craggy Malham Cove, near Malham village, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Tarn lies 377 metres (1,237 ft) above sea level, making it the highest lake in England, and [...]

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