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Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch

Loch

A loch is a body of water which is either:* a lake or;* a sea inlet, which may be also a firth, fjord, estuary or bay.Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs....
in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
extending for approximately 37 km (23 miles) southwest of Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
. Its surface is 15.8 metres (52 ft) above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the legendary Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster is a creature alleged to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
, also known as "Nessie".

It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal

Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal in Scotland connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William, Scotland....
to Loch Oich

Loch Oich

Loch Oich is a freshwater loch in the Highlands of Scotland which forms part of the Caledonian Canal, of which it is the highest point. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy in the Great Glen....
. At the northern end there is the Bona Narrows

Narrows

Narrows is a term for restricted land or water passages. Most commonly it refers to a strait, though it can also refer to a water gap.Used without qualification, it generally refers to The Narrows, which separates Staten Island from Brooklyn and connects the upper and lower sections of New York Bay....
which opens out into Loch Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness

River Ness

The River Ness is a river flowing from Loch Ness in Scotland, north to Inverness and the Moray Firth.See also*Rivers of Scotland...
and a further section of canal to Inverness

Inverness

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Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch

Loch

A loch is a body of water which is either:* a lake or;* a sea inlet, which may be also a firth, fjord, estuary or bay.Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs....
in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

Inverness

Loch Ness Monster

Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal in Scotland connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William, Scotland....
to Loch Oich

Loch Oich

Narrows

River Ness

The River Ness is a river flowing from Loch Ness in Scotland, north to Inverness and the Moray Firth.See also*Rivers of Scotland...
and a further section of canal to Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat

Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
content in the surrounding soil.

Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch

List of lochs in Scotland

The following is a list of lochs in Scotland. Loch is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or fiord, cognate with the Irish Gaelic lough, which has been borrowed by Scots and Scottish English to apply to such bodies of water, especially those located in Scotland....
by surface area at 56.4 km² (21.8 sq mi) after Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond , is a freshwater Scotland loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in mainland Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles....
, but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is 230 m (754 ft) , deeper than the height of London's BT Tower

BT Tower

The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, England. The tower is located at 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia. It has been previously known as the Post Office Tower and the British Telecom Tower....
at 189 m (620 ft) and deeper than any other loch with the exception of Loch Morar

Loch Morar

Loch Morar is a freshwater loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland , Scotland. It is the fifth largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of . It is also the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, with a maximum depth of ....
. It contains more fresh water than all lakes in England

England

Wales

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combined , and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen Fault

Great Glen Fault

The Great Glen Fault is a long geological fault that runs through its namesake the Great Glen in Scotland. However, the fault is actually much longer and over 400 million years old....
, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William

Fort William, Scotland

Fort William is the largest town in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland and second largest settlement behind the city of Inverness.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles....
in the south.

Villages and places

Places on Loch Ness
Shores	Western	Eastern
North	Lochend
Shores	Abriachan Abriachan Abriachan is a village in the Inverness committee area of Scottish Highlands, Scotland. High above the western shore of Loch Ness, the village has a population of approximately 120.... Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit is a village inthe Highland Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, lying on the west shore of Loch Ness, at the head of Glenurquhart.... Urquhart Castle Urquhart Castle Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in Scotland along the A82 road, between Fort William, Highland and Inverness. It is close to the village of Drumnadrochit.... Invermoriston Invermoriston Invermoriston is a small village 7 miles north of Fort Augustus, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The village is on the A82 road, at a junction with the A887 road....	Dores Dores Dores is a village in the Scotland Scottish highlands located south west of Inverness on the south bank of Loch Ness. Since 2006 nearby farmland has been used as the site of the Rock Ness Festival music festival.... Inverfarigaig Inverfarigaig Inverfarigaig is a small village, which lies at the mouth of the River Farigaig, on the south east shore of Loch Ness in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scotland council area of Highland Council area.... Foyers Foyers Foyers is the name of a village in the Highland Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, lying on the east shore of Loch Ness.... Whitebridge Whitebridge, Scotland Whitebridge is a small village on the southeast side of Loch Ness in central Scotland. It is roughly 25 miles from Inverness and eight miles from Fort Augustus....
South	Fort Augustus

At Drumnadrochit

Drumnadrochit

Drumnadrochit is a village inthe Highland Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, lying on the west shore of Loch Ness, at the head of Glenurquhart....
is "The Loch Ness Exhibition Centre" which examines the controversy through the natural history of Loch Ness. Boat cruises operate from various locations on the loch shore, giving visitors the chance to look for the "monster

Loch Ness Monster

Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in Scotland along the A82 road, between Fort William, Highland and Inverness. It is close to the village of Drumnadrochit....
is located on the Western shore, between Drumnadrochit and Invermoriston.

Lighthouses

Lighthouses in Scotland

Lighthouses in Scotland is a link page for any lighthouse in Scotland and its island groups. The Northern Lighthouse Board are responsible for many lighthouses in Scotland....
are located at Lochend (Bona Lighthouse) and Fort Augustus.

Fish Species

Eel Eel True eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 19 Family s, 110 genera and approximately 600 species. Most eels are predators....	Anguilla anguilla
Pike Esox *Esox* is a genus of freshwater fish, the only living genus in the family Esocidae. The type species is E. lucius, the northern pike....	Esox lucius
Three-spined stickleback Three-spined stickleback The three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is a fish native to much of northern Europe, northern Asia and North America. It has been introduced into parts of southern and central Europe, including Belgium, where the species was featured on a 14-franc postage stamp issued in Belgium in 1990....	Gasterosteus aculeatus
Brook lamprey Brook lamprey The Brook lamprey is a jawless fish found in the European part of the Atlantic Ocean, the northwest Mediterranean, and on the European continent....	Lampetra planeri
Minnow Minnow Minnow may refer to:...	Phoxinus phoxinus
Atlantic salmon Atlantic salmon Atlantic salmon, known scientifically as *Salmo salar*, is a species of fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic and the Pacific....	Salmo salar
Sea trout Brown trout The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species.They are distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a fresh water fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to Spawn ....	Salmo trutta
Brown trout Brown trout The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species.They are distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a fresh water fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to Spawn ....	Salmo trutta
Arctic char Arctic char Arctic char or Arctic charr is both a freshwater and Seawater fish in the Salmonidae family, native to Arctic, subarctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters....	Salvelinus alpinus

Island

The only island on Loch Ness is Cherry Island

Cherry Island (Loch Ness)

Cherry Island is the only island in Loch Ness, Highland , Scotland, and is an example of a crannog. During the 15th century, a castle stood on the island....
, visible at its southwestern end, near Fort Augustus. It is a crannog

Crannog

A crann?g is an artificial island, usually originally built in lakes, rivers and estuary waters, and most often used as an island settlement or dwelling place in prehistoric or Middle Ages times....
, which is a form of artificial island

Artificial island

An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by humans rather than formed by natural means. They are created by expanding existing islets, construction on existing reefs, or amalgamating several natural islets into a bigger island....
.. (Most crannogs were constructed during the Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
.)

There was formerly a second island (Dog Island) which was submerged when the water level was raised during the construction of the Caledonian Canal

Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal in Scotland connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William, Scotland....
.

Hydroelectricity

Loch Ness serves as the lower storage reservoir for the Foyers

Falls of Foyers

The Fall of Foyers is a waterfall on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Highland , Scotland.The waterfall has "a fine cascade", having a fall of 165 feet....
pumped-storage

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation used by some power plants for load balancing . The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation....
hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by hydropower, i.e., the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water....
scheme, which was the first of its kind in United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. The turbines were originally used to provide power for a nearby aluminium

Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
smelting

Smelting

Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores....
plant, but now electricity

Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
is generated and supplied to the National Grid. Another scheme, the 100 MW

WATT

WATT is a radio station broadcasting a News radio-Talk radio-Sports radio format. Licensed to Cadillac, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1945....
Glendoe Hydro Scheme

Glendoe Hydro Scheme

The Glendoe Hydro Scheme for the Electricity generation of hydroelectricity power is located near Fort Augustus, above Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland....
near Fort Augustus, is under construction and is expected to begin generation in 2009.

Geology

Loch Ness lies along the Great Glen Fault, which forms a line of weakness in the rocks which has been excavated by glacial erosion, forming the Great Glen

Great Glen

The Great Glen , also known as Glen Albyn or Glen More is a series of glens in Scotland running 100 kilometres from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William, Highland at the head of Loch Linnhe....
and the basins of Loch Lochy

Loch Lochy

Loch Lochy is a large freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland , Scotland. With a mean depth of 70 m, it is the third deepest loch of Scotland.Located 16 kilometers southwest of Loch Ness along the Glen Albyn, the loch is over 15 kilometers long with an average width of about 1 kilometer....
, Loch Oich

Loch Oich

Loch Ness

Villages and places

Fish Species

Island

Hydroelectricity

Geology

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