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The Afon Llynfi is joined by a number of tributary streams including the Tawel and
Gwlithen on its left bank and the Nant Cwy (emptying directly into the lake) and Nant yr Eiddil on its right bank. The two largest tributaries are those of the
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During the deglaciation of Wales there was a period when ice from the Wye Valley
Glacier blocked the exit of the river into the Wye. The waters of the Llynfi backed up at Llangors to the point where they overflowed the
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which enters just downstream on the opposite bank, having flowed through
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which was by this time free of ice. This situation prevailed for several hundred years as evidenced by lake deposits beneath and around
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