Green Withens Reservoir

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Green Withens Reservoir is a man-made upland reservoir that lies on Rishworth Moor in West Yorkshire. The reservoir sits between the M62 motorway to the south and the A58 to the north, and just to the east of the boundary with Greater Manchester. The reservoir is primarily in the catchment of Green Withens Clough but also Wolden Edge Clough. The catchment of the reservoir itself is extended to the east of its dam using Green Withens Catchwater, a conduit that channels water from several tributaries to Green Withens Clough back into the reservoir. The reservoir catchment is also extended to the south using Linsgreave Catchwater, which channels water from tributaries of Linsgreave Clough and Lodge Clough back into the reservoir. Green Withens dam is a reverse ‘L’ shaped stone-faced earth embankment dam that has a leg extending north-north-west over Green Withens Clough on the long leg and Wolden Edge Clough on the shorter leg. The reservoir, which sits at an altitude of 362 metres above sea level, has a mean depth of 6.2 metres, a catchment area of 221 ha, and a surface area of 0.187 km2.

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Green Withens Reservoir
Calderdale

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N 53.643336 °	E -2.018427 °

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Little Wolden Edge

HX6 4BS Calderdale
England, United Kingdom
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