Cauldron Snout

54.65395 - 2.2898Koordinaten: 54 ° 39 ' 14 " N, 2 ° 17' 23 " W

The Cauldron Snout is a rapids of the River Tees in Northern England. The Cauldron Snout is on the border between Cumbria and County Durham directly beneath the Cow Green Reservoir. The rapids is located in the North Pennines Area of ​​Outstanding Natural Beauty and is considered one of the highlights of the Pennine Way.

The rapids created by the fact that the tea has washed through the upper rock layer composed of limestone, called on the Whin Sill rock underlying layer of dolerite.

The rapids is elongated and the river drops over a distance of 180 m to 60 m height and is therefore not a waterfall as a single large case that is missing the vertical component is not greater than the horizontal component. The water flow is regulated by the Cow Green Reservoir.

Legends

It is said that in the late 19th century, a young woman from the area drowned in Cauldron Snout, as her relationship with a miner fails. On clear nights do you the "Singing Lady" see you sitting in the moonlight on a rock and heard singing a lament over her lost love.

Evidence

  • Waterfall in Europe
  • Geography ( Cumbria )
  • Geography ( County Durham )
  • Waterfall in England
  • River Tees system
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