Loch Clair
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Loch Clair is a small remote shallow low-altitude freshwater loch, located within the Coulin Forest, some three miles to the south-west of Kinlochewe in Wester Ross.[1][2] Loch Clair is the lower of two lochs in the same valley, and aligned on a southeast–northwest bearing. The other loch is Loch Coulin[3] that is fed by the River Coulin, the waters of which in turn flow out of Loch Coulin through a short unnamed river into Loch Clair. A small lochan, Loch Bharranch,[4] is located a mile to the west and drains into the western end of Loch Clair through an unnamed burn.
Loch Clair | |
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Location | NG99905723 |
Coordinates | 57.561020°N 5.345385°W / 57.561020; -5.345385 |
Type | freshwater loch |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 0.55 km (0.34 mi)[1] |
Max. width | 0.19 km (0.12 mi)[1] |
Surface area | 63 ha (160 acres)[2] |
Average depth | 41.9 ft (12.8 m)[1] |
Max. depth | 92.8 ft (28.3 m)[1] |
Water volume | 284,686,148.7 cu ft (8,061,414.00 m3)[1] |
Shore length1 | 5 km (3.1 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 94 m (308 ft)[2] |
Max. temperature | 57 °F (14 °C) |
Min. temperature | 48 °F (9 °C) at 85 feet[1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch Clair is drained by another river, A' Ghairbhe, which flows in a roughly north-east direction to Kinlochewe, where it joins the Abhainn Bruachaig to form the Kinlochewe River.
Loch Clair can be reached by the A896 road, which runs from Kinlochewe to Torridon, Shieldaig and beyond.