Mochrum Loch

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Mochrum loch
Mochrum Loch - geograph.org.uk - 605708
LocationDumfries an Gallowa, Scotland
Coordinates54°50′32″N 4°38′57″W / 54.842300°N 4.649300°W / 54.842300; -4.649300Coordinates: 54°50′32″N 4°38′57″W / 54.842300°N 4.649300°W / 54.842300; -4.649300
Teepfreshwatter loch
Primary inflowsCastle Loch burn
Primar ootflowsWatter o Malzie
Basin kintrasScotland
Max. lenth1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1]
Max. weenth0.33 mi (0.53 km)[1]
92 ha (230 acre)[2]
Average deepth7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Max. deepth13 ft (4.0 m)[1]
68,000,000 cu ft (1,900,000 m3)[1]
Shore lenth110.2 km (6.3 mi)[2]
Surface elevation75 m (246 ft)[2]
Islands8 islets[2]
1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur.

Mochrum Loch is a lairge, unraiglar shapen, shallae, freshwatter loch in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It lies aboot 8 mile wast o the toun o Wigtoun.[1] The loch haes several rocky islets.

Vizzie[eedit | eedit soorce]

The loch wis vizzied[1] in 1903 bi James Murray an later chairtit[3] as pairt o John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Frest-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b c d e f g "Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909, Lochs of the Cree Basin". National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. a b c d "Mochrum loch". British lakes. British Lakes. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. "Lochs Castle & Mochrum (Vol. 5, Plate 41) - Bathymetrical Survey, 1897-1909 - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 September 2015.