Loch Assynt
| Loch Assynt | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Sutherland, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58°10′30″N 5°02′30″W / 58.17500°N 5.04167°WCoordinates: 58°10′30″N 5°02′30″W / 58.17500°N 5.04167°W |
| Teep | natural |
| Primar ootflows | Inver river |
| Catchment area | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Basin kintras | United Kingdom |
| Max. lenth | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Max. weenth | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
| 800 ha (2,000 acre) | |
| Max. deepth | 86 m (282 ft) |
| 247.2 cubic hectometre (200,400 acre⋅ft) | |
| Surface elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
Loch Assynt (Loch Asaint in Scots Gaelic) is a fresh watter loch in Sutherland, Scotland, 8 km ENE o Lochinver.
Situatit in a spectacular settin atween the heichts o Canisp, Quinag an Beinn Uidhe, it receives the ootflow frae Lochs Awe, Maol a' Choire, an Leitir Easaich. It dischairges intae the sea at Loch Inver, via the river Inver. The general trend o the loch is wast-north-wast an east-sooth-east, while the wastern end bends shairply at Loch Assynt ludge tae the sooth-wast.[1]
The loch is 9.65 kilometre (6.0 mi) lang, an aboot 1.5 kilometre (0.9 mi) in maximum breadth. The tot airie is approximately 800 hectare (1,977 acre) an its drainage basin is ower 111 square kilometre (43 sq mi). The tot volume o watter contained in the loch is estimatit at 247,231,697 cubic metre (8.730904983×109 cu ft) an the maximum depth is 86 metre (282 ft).[1]
Thare is excellent fishing for trout, sea-trout, an salmon. Ardvreck Castle, ance hudd iy the MacLeods an Mackenzies, occupees a knab on the north shore, wast o Inchnadamph.
The elevation o the loch's surface abuiv sea level varies wi the levels o rainfall but haes been measured as 65.55 metre (215.1 ft).[2]
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The wastern end o Loch Assynt wi Quinag in the distance -
Loch Assynt frae Cnoc an Lochain Fheoir -
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Murray and Pullar (1910) "Lochs of the Inver Basin"[deid airtin] Page 149, Volume II, Part I. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 July 2010. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "MP149" defined multiple times wi different content - ↑ Murray and Pullar (1910) "Lochs of the Inver Basin"[deid airtin] Page 150, Volume II, Part I. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Murray, Sir John an Pullar, Laurence (1910) Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909. Lunnon; Challenger Office.