Searches the listing of UK CEH Lakes Portal lake sites to find names that contain the string provided.
The search is done on an internal copy of the UK lakes listing rather than connecting to the UKCEH Lakes Portal site.
Value
A data frame containing the details (Name & wbid) of all the lakes that match the search string (full or partial matches).
Examples
# search for sites containing "mere" in the name
search_lake("mere")
#> Name wbid Country Easting Northing
#> 1 Thirlmere 29021 England 331380 516200
#> 2 Buttermere 29052 England 318250 515770
#> 3 Kentmere Reservoir 29173 England 344510 508060
#> 4 Grasmere 29184 England 333850 506510
#> 5 Windermere 29233 England 339220 495840
#> 6 Kitmere 29505 England 360330 485390
#> 7 Wyndhammere 29507 England 359160 485090
#> 8 Cleveleymere 30159 England 350060 450180
#> 9 Thorpemere Pond 31569 England 458950 409430
#> 10 The Mere or Ellesmere Mere 34990 England 340680 334950
#> 11 Fenemere 35620 England 344550 322900
#> 12 Langmere Lake 35794 England 624000 319700
#> 13 Bomere Pool 36544 England 349890 308060
#> 14 Shomere Pool 36578 England 350430 307930
#> 15 Bosmere 38980 England 609840 254710
#> 16 Fowlmere 39343 England 540400 244960
#> 17 Southmere 42238 England 547610 180060
#> 18 Englemere Pond 42757 England 490640 168680
#> 19 Bolder Mere or Boldermere 43218 England 507680 158400
#> 20 Sandymere 44541 England 243870 130750
#> 21 Burton mere 46071 England 352290 87100