Loch Garry is a large upland freshwater loch located in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, within the Forest of Atholl just to the south of the Cairngorms National Park. [1][2]
| Loch Garry | |
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  Loch Garry | |
| Location | NN630702 |
| Coordinates | 56°48′14″N 4°14′42″W / 56.803800°N 4.2451°W |
| Type | freshwater loch |
| Primary outflows | River Garry |
| Max. length | over 4.0 km (2.5 mi)[1] |
| Max. width | over 0.4 km (0.25 mi)[1] |
| Surface area | 164 ha (410 acres)[2] |
| Average depth | 50 ft (15 m)[1] |
| Max. depth | 113 ft (34 m)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 11.2 km (7.0 mi) [2] |
| Surface elevation | 412 m (1,352 ft)[2] |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Loch Garry Project
editA study of the arctic char population of the loch conducted by Ron Greer between 1972 and 1974 concluded that it had become ecologically impoverished as a result of the loss of living and dead plant material from the shallow littoral zone. In 1986, the Loch Garry Project was established to undertake a programme of tree-planting around the loch.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e John, Murray; Lawrence, Pullar (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 Lochs of the Tay Basin Volume II - Loch Garry. National Library of Scotland: National Challenger Officer. p. 57. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d "Loch Garry". British Lakes. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Greer, Ron (1989), The Loch Garry Project, in Planterose, Bernard (Ed.), The Tree Planters Guide to the Galaxy, pp. 18 - 20.
