Data Summary: Loch Ness
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| Site Name |
EUR-08 |
Photo: M. Kumagai |
| Lake Name |
Loch Ness |
| State |
Highland, Scotland |
| Country |
U.K. |
| Latitude |
57:2N |
| Longitude |
4:4W |
| Altitude [m] |
15.8 |
| Surface area [m2] |
56,000,000 |
Volume [m3] |
7,450,000,000 |
| Maximum depth [m] |
230 |
Mean depth [m] |
132 |
| Water level control |
Regulated |
Normal range of annual water level fluctuation [m] |
- |
| Length of shoreline [m] |
86,000 |
Residence time [yr] |
2.81 |
| Catchment area [m2] |
1,775,000,000 |
Hours of bright Sunshine [hr yr-1] |
1,374 |
| Solar radiation [MJ m-2 day-1] |
- |
Freezing period |
None |
| Mixing type |
- |
Annual fish catch [t yr-1] |
- |
| Total N loading [t yr-1] |
- |
Total P loading [t yr-1] |
- |
| Population |
3,100 |
Population density of catchment area [person km-2] |
1.8 |
WATER USAGE
| Domestic water usage [m3 sec-1] |
- |
Irigation water usage [m3 sec-1] |
- |
| Industrial water usage [m3 sec-1] |
- |
Power generation usage [m3 sec-1] |
- |
LAND USE
| Natural landscape [%] |
92.6 |
Agricultural land [%] |
1.9 |
Others [%] |
5.5 |
| Siltation |
- |
Toxic Contamination |
- |
| Eutrophication |
- |
Acidification |
- |
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