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Freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mochrum Loch is a large, irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 8 mi (13 km) west of the town of Wigtown.[1] The loch has several rocky islets.
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Location | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
Coordinates | 54.842300°N 4.649300°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | Castle Loch Burn |
Primary outflows | Water of Malzie |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1] |
Max. width | 0.33 mi (0.53 km)[1] |
Surface area | 92 ha (230 acres)[2] |
Average depth | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
Max. depth | 13 ft (4.0 m)[1] |
Water volume | 68,000,000 cu ft (1,900,000 m3)[1] |
Shore length1 | 10.2 km (6.3 mi)[2] |
Surface elevation | 75 m (246 ft)[2] |
Islands | 8 islets[2] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The loch was surveyed[1] in 1903 by James Murray and later charted [3] as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
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