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This table includes the ten largest fresh water bodies by area. Lough Neagh is the largest water body in the UK by this measure, although Loch Ness is the largest by volume and contains nearly double the amount of water in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1] Loch Morar is the deepest of the UK's lakes and Loch Awe the longest.
At 56 km 2 (22 sq mi), Loch Ness is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond [citation needed], but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in Great Britain [citation needed]. Its deepest point is 230 metres (126 fathoms; 755 feet), making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar [citation ...
Lough Neagh (/ l ɒ x ˈ n eɪ / lokh NAY; Irish: Loch nEathach [l̪ˠɔx ˈn̠ʲaha(x)]) is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles. It has a surface area of 148 square miles (383 square kilometres) [4] and is about 19 miles (31 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide.
St Mary's Loch near Selkirk from the west bank Loch of the Lowes from the Bridge to Tibbie Shiels. St Mary's Loch is the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders, and is situated on the south side of the A708 road between Selkirk and Moffat, about 72 kilometres (45 mi) south of Edinburgh.
South Uist's largest loch is in the north of the island and at 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long it all but cuts the island in two. Loch of Boardhouse: Mainland Orkney: 244 600 5 16 [24] In Birsay parish Loch Carabhat Grimsay: Loch Carabhat North Uist 151 370 22.5 74 North Uist's third largest loch [25] Loch of Cliff Unst: 104 260 6.5
St. John's Loch is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet, in Caithness, Highland, Scotland. [1] Loch Heilen and St. John's Loch are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two-thirds mile (1.1 kilometres) inland in a north-easterly direction from Dunnet Bay on the north coast of Scotland.
Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure. [1] Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume. [2]
It is a long, narrow loch about 14.55 miles (23.42 km) long, and typically around 1 to 1.5 miles (1.6 to 2.4 km) wide, following the line of the strath from the south-west to north-east. It is the sixth-largest loch in Scotland by area and more 150 metres (490 ft) deep at its deepest. [3]