Mountain Biking Highlight
Recommended by 5 mountain bikers
Location: Tullygally, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Similarly to a reservoir, these balancing lakes function as a water store. However, instead of storing the water for the purposes of consumption it is utilised to temporarily store flood waters. As the surrounding areas become more built up with hard surfaces, less rain excess water is stored by soil resulting in it routing quicker into the rivers. These balancing lakes help by reducing the volume of rain water reaching the rivers, which prevents flooding.
And more importantly for cyclists it has the great byproduct of providing a pretty feature for MTB trails to be built around!
January 18, 2023
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