Loch Airigh na Beinne | |
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Location | Scottish Highlands |
Coordinates | 58°13′57″N 5°02′04″W / 58.23250°N 5.03444°W |
Primary inflows | Allt na Saobhaid Moire |
Primary outflows | Allt a' Ghamhna |
Basin countries | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Max. length | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Max. width | 129 m (423 ft) |
Surface elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
Loch Airigh na Beinne is a mountain lochan (small loch) in Assynt, Scotland, roughly 2km southwest of Unapool.
The lochan sits on the northeast slopes of Assynt's iconic Quinag, resting on a bed of Lewisian gneiss. [1] Its name means "Loch of the Mountain Shieling" in Scottish Gaelic. [2]
A 2020 survey of the loch found several aquatics "typically found in such acid waters", including the white water-lily, water lobelia, bulrush, and floating spike-rush. Surveyors also found evidence of caddisfly and northern eggar populations. [1]
Loch Airigh na Beinne | |
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Location | Scottish Highlands |
Coordinates | 58°13′57″N 5°02′04″W / 58.23250°N 5.03444°W |
Primary inflows | Allt na Saobhaid Moire |
Primary outflows | Allt a' Ghamhna |
Basin countries | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Max. length | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Max. width | 129 m (423 ft) |
Surface elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
Loch Airigh na Beinne is a mountain lochan (small loch) in Assynt, Scotland, roughly 2km southwest of Unapool.
The lochan sits on the northeast slopes of Assynt's iconic Quinag, resting on a bed of Lewisian gneiss. [1] Its name means "Loch of the Mountain Shieling" in Scottish Gaelic. [2]
A 2020 survey of the loch found several aquatics "typically found in such acid waters", including the white water-lily, water lobelia, bulrush, and floating spike-rush. Surveyors also found evidence of caddisfly and northern eggar populations. [1]