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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
Loch Lomond is 36.4 kilometres (22.6 mi) long [1] and between 1 and 8 kilometres (0.62–4.97 mi) wide, [2] with a surface area of 71 km 2 (27.5 sq mi). [1] It is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area; [6] in the United Kingdom, it is surpassed only by Lough Neagh and Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. [7]
Loch Awe. This table includes the twelve largest lochs by volume, area and length as listed by Murray and Pullar (1910). [2] [3] The volume of water in Loch Ness is nearly double that in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1]
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.
Loch Lomond is the largest freshwater body in Britain by area, although with a capacity of 1.78 cubic miles (7.4 km 3) Loch Ness is the most voluminous. The water in Loch Ness is nearly double that of all the lakes of England and Wales combined, and is by volume the largest lake in the UK and Ireland. [21] [22] Loch Lomond 27.5 sq mi (71 km 2)
The eastern end of the loch, from the south. On the top right is Cormorant Island. Linlithgow Palace from Linlithgow Loch looking east. Linlithgow Loch lies immediately north of the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. 1.3 kilometres in length and 0.4 in breadth, [1] its area of 41 hectares [2] makes it the largest natural freshwater loch in Lothian. [3]