List of lochs in Scotland
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This is a list of lochs in Scotland.
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[edit] Freshwater lochs
- Loch Achray
- Antermony Loch, East Dunbartonshire
- Loch Ard
- Loch Arkaig
- Loch Assynt in Sutherland on whose north shore stands Ardvreck Castle
- Loch Awe, the third largest loch by surface area, also the longest
- Bardowie Loch, East Dunbartonshire
- Birnie Loch, nature reserve, Fife
- Black Loch, Fife
- Cash Loch, Fife
- Loch Coruisk Lonely loch in the heart of the Black Cuillin on the Isle of Skye
- Loch Dee
- Loch Dochfour
- Loch Doon
- Douglaston Loch, East Dunbartonshire
- Loch Druidibeag
- Duddingston Loch
- Loch Dungeon
- Dunsapie Loch, small, artificial loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, constructed in 1844
- Loch Earn
- Loch Eck
- Loch Ericht
- Loch Fannich
- Loch Faskally
- Loch Fitty, Fife
- Gaddon Loch, nature reserve, Fife
- Loch Garry
- Loch Gelly, Fife
- Loch Glow, Fife
- Loch Grannoch
- Loch Insh
- Loch Katrine, an important water reservoir
- Kilconquhar Loch, Fife
- Kinghorn Loch, Fife
- Loch Leven, site of Loch Leven Castle
- Lindores Loch, Fife
- Loch Linnhe
- Linlithgow Loch, situated to the north of Linlithgow
- Lochmill Loch, Fife
- Loch Lochy
- Loch Lomond, the largest by surface area
- Loch Lubnaig,
- Loch Maree, the fourth largest by surface area
- Loch Morar, the fifth largest by surface area, also the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles
- Moor Loch, Fife
- Loch Morlich
- Morton Lochs, Fife
- Loch Ness, the second largest by surface area and largest by volume
- Loch Oich
- Loch Ore, Fife
- Loch Quoich
- Loch Rannoch
- St. Margaret's Loch, artificial loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
- Loch Shiel
- Loch Shin, the seventh largest by surface area
- Loch Tarsan A Loch in Argyll, formed by the flooding of part of Glen Lean for Hydroelectricity purposes
- Loch Thom, early artificial reservoir
- Loch Tay, the sixth largest by surface area
- Town Loch, Dunfermline, Fife
- Loch Treig
- Loch Trool
- Loch Venachar
- Loch Voil
- Loch Watten, Caithness loch famous for its trout
- Loch Wharral
The freshwater Lake of Menteith is the only natural body of water called a "lake" in Scotland. There are however, one or two other man-made "lakes"; the Lake of the Hirsel being an example. There are also numerous lochs called "Water", particularly in the Northern Isles e.g. Roer Water on Shetland and Heldale Water on Orkney. These are not to be confused with named rivers, particularly in the South of Scotland e.g. Whiteadder Water and Blackadder Water
[edit] Saltwater lochs
- Loch Boisdale
- Loch Bracadale
- Loch Broom
- Loch Buie
- Campbeltown Loch
- Loch Carron
- Loch Creran
- Loch Crinan
- Loch Duich
- Loch Eil
- Loch Eishort
- Loch Eriboll
- Loch Etive
- Loch Ewe
- Loch Eynort
- Loch Fleet
- Loch Fyne, the longest of the sea lochs
- Loch Gairloch
- Gare Loch, home of Faslane Naval Base
- Loch Gilp
- Loch Goil
- Holy Loch, formerly the site of a US Navy nuclear submarine base
- Loch Huorn
- Loch Leven, near Glen Coe
- Loch Linnhe, at the southern end of the Great Glen
- Loch Long, Argyll & Bute
- Loch Long, near Kyle of Lochalsh
- Loch Nevis
- Loch Riddon off the Kyles of Bute
- Loch Ryan
- Loch Scavaig
- Loch Scridain
- Loch Snizort
- Loch Striven
- Loch Sunart
- Loch Sween
- Loch Torridon
[edit] Historic lochs
- In Edinburgh -
- Gogarloch - drained
- Nor Loch — now filled in
- The Meadows - former Burghloch
[edit] See also
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