Malham Tarn

The Malham Tarn is a lake in the British county of North Yorkshire.

It has a diameter of about 800 meters and is situated in the Yorkshire Dales. The distance to the place Malham, after which it is named, is about 4 kilometers. The lake is man made and is part of the part is the center of a nature reserve of the same name.

With 377 meters height, it is sometimes referred to as the highest lake in England (but see Innominate Tarn). With an area of ​​62 hectares, it is a maximum of 4.4, an average of only 2.4 meters deep.

The Malham Tarn inspired Charles Kingsley 's novel The Water Babies ( The water children).