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Loch Oich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Omhaich) is a 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 Highlands of Scotland which forms part 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....
, of which it is the highest point. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness
Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 metres above sea level....
 (to the Northeast) and 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....
 (to the Southwest) in 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....
. It is fed by the River Garry (from Loch Garry
Loch Garry

Loch Garry, , is 25 km north of Fort William, Scotland, Lochaber, Scotland, and is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10km upstream on the River Garry, and drains into Loch Oich in the Great Glen just 5 km downstream....
) from the West, and feeds the River Oich from its North end.

The Loch Oich wildlife is rich with a wide variety of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds end mammals.

Every autumn the Atlantic salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
 (Salmo salar) migrates from the sea using Loch Oich, Loch Lochy and Loch Ness as their spawning nests.






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Loch Oich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Omhaich) is a 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 Highlands of Scotland which forms part 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....
, of which it is the highest point. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness
Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 km southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 15.8 metres above sea level....
 (to the Northeast) and 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....
 (to the Southwest) in 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....
. It is fed by the River Garry (from Loch Garry
Loch Garry

Loch Garry, , is 25 km north of Fort William, Scotland, Lochaber, Scotland, and is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10km upstream on the River Garry, and drains into Loch Oich in the Great Glen just 5 km downstream....
) from the West, and feeds the River Oich from its North end.

The Loch Oich wildlife is rich with a wide variety of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds end mammals.

Every autumn the Atlantic salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
 (Salmo salar) migrates from the sea using Loch Oich, Loch Lochy and Loch Ness as their spawning nests. After two years when the fingerling are up to 20 cm long they migrate back to the sea where they grow rapidly and weigh from 3,5 – 17 kg after two years.

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