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Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres). Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex.

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  • Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres). Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex. Constructed between 1935 and 1939, Abberton Reservoir is owned and managed by Essex and Suffolk Water, part of Northumbrian Water Group, and lies 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Colchester near the village of Layer de la Haye. In World War II, the reservoir was mined to deter invading seaplanes, and it was used by the RAF's No. 617 Squadron ("The Dam Busters") for practice runs for the bombing of the German dams in the Ruhr. A project to increase the capacity of Abberton Reservoir to 41,000 megalitres (9.0×109 imp gal) by raising its bank height was completed in 2013, along with a new link to transfer water from Norfolk's River Ouse to the Stour. The reservoir is important for its breeding cormorants, wintering and moulting waterfowl, and migrating birds. It is an internationally important wetland, designated as a Ramsar site, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Protection Area, and is listed in A Nature Conservation Review. A small part of the site is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. (en)
  • L'Abberton Reservoir est un grand réservoir d'eau douce situé dans l'est de l'Angleterre, près de la côte de l'Essex et de la ville de Colchester. La majeure partie de son eau est pompée de la rivière Stour. D'une superficie de 7 kilomètres carrés, c'est la plus grande étendue d'eau douce de son comté. Le réservoir est important pour les biodiversité locale et les oiseaux en particulier. C'est une zone humide d'importance internationale, désignée comme site Ramsar, site d'intérêt scientifique particulier et zone de protection spéciale. Au cours de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le réservoir a été utilisé par le No. 617 Squadron RAF (The Dam Busters) pour les essais de bombardement des barrages allemands de la Ruhr, à l'instar de l'opération Chastise. (fr)
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  • Essex (en)
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  • View from south-west (en)
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  • Pumped from River Stour and River Great Ouse (en)
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  • Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres). Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex. (en)
  • L'Abberton Reservoir est un grand réservoir d'eau douce situé dans l'est de l'Angleterre, près de la côte de l'Essex et de la ville de Colchester. La majeure partie de son eau est pompée de la rivière Stour. D'une superficie de 7 kilomètres carrés, c'est la plus grande étendue d'eau douce de son comté. Le réservoir est important pour les biodiversité locale et les oiseaux en particulier. C'est une zone humide d'importance internationale, désignée comme site Ramsar, site d'intérêt scientifique particulier et zone de protection spéciale. (fr)
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