Pistyll y Llyn

Pistyll y Llyn
Location Powys, Wales
Total height 91 m
Watercourse Llyfnant

Pistyll y Llyn is one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales and the United Kingdom. It is a horsetail style set of falls which are located in the Cambrian Mountains about 4 km from Glaspwll in Powys, Wales.

It is formed where the River Llyfnant falls from Llyn Penrhaeadr for approximately 160 metres into Cwm Rhaeadr in two waterfalls, and a series of cascades.[1] The tallest waterfall is a single horsetail drop of 91 metres.[2][3] This is sometimes mistakenly stated as 73 metres.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pumlumon 2008". CavingUK. http://www.cavinguk.co.uk/holidays/Pumlumon2009/. Retrieved 9 September 2009. 
  2. ^ "World Waterfall Database 2009". http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=773. Retrieved 9 September 2009. 
  3. ^ "The World In Figures". http://www.whitakersalmanack.com/images/WAWorldinfigures09.pdf. Retrieved 9 September 2009. 
  4. ^ "Information Britain". http://www.information-britain.co.uk/about/geography.html. Retrieved 9 September 2009.