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LOCH (41A: Scotland's Lomond or Ness, e.g.) In Scottish and Irish Gaelic, the word "LOCH" means "lake." Scotland has a lot of LOCHs – over 31,000 of them. LOCH Lomond is the largest LOCH in ...
Loch Lomond: Lomond monster Loch Maree: Muc-sheilch [1] Loch Morar: Mòrag [2] Loch Ness: Nessie/Niseag [2] Loch Oich: Wee Oichy: Loch Quoich: Lizzie Loch Shiel: Seileag [2] Loch Suainaval : Searrach Uisge (Water Colt)
NASA Landsat image of Lough Neagh Loch Lomond in winter Loch Ness With Urquhart Castle in the foreground The islands of Loch Maree 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 ...
[2] [3] The volume of water in Loch Ness is nearly double that in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1] Murray and Pullar also note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch, with Loch Avich coming closest at 52.4%. [ 4 ]
View of Ben Lomond across Loch Lomond. Loch (/ l ɒ x / LOKH) is a word meaning "lake" or "sea inlet" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English. In Irish contexts, it often appears in the anglicized form "lough". [1] A small loch is called a lochan. Lochs which connect to the sea may be called "sea lochs" or "sea loughs".
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 ...
Loch Lomond (like Loch Ness) is often used as a shorthand for all things Scottish, an image partly reinforced by the self-titled song. An archetype is the Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon . The opening lyrics of the song " Almost Like Being in Love " are: "Maybe the sun gave me the power/For I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an ...
Cal Yee Farms' recall of some of its products last month has been increased to the highest risk level by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for three of its chocolate offerings.