Loch Coulin | |
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![]() River Coulin entering Loch Coulin with the mountain massif and
Sgurr Dubh in the foreground | |
Location | NH01405535 |
Coordinates | 57°32′38″N 5°19′09″W / 57.543941°N 5.319084°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | River Coulin |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 0.55 km (0.34 mi) [1] |
Max. width | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) [1] |
Surface area | 36 ha (89 acres) [2] |
Average depth | 18.3 ft (5.6 m) [1] |
Max. depth | 48.8 ft (14.9 m) [1] |
Water volume | 70,361,436.38 cu ft (1,992,414.000 m3) [1] |
Shore length1 | 4 km (2.5 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 96 m (315 ft) [2] |
Max. temperature | 57 °F (14 °C) |
Min. temperature | 53 °F (12 °C) at 40 feet [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch Coulin is a small remote shallow low-altitude freshwater lochan, located within the Coulin Forest, some four miles to the south-west of Kinlochewe in Wester Ross. [1] [2] It is fed by the river Coulin from the south and its outflow is into Loch Clair in the north-west. Loch Coulin is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve. [3] [4]
Loch Coulin | |
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![]() River Coulin entering Loch Coulin with the mountain massif and
Sgurr Dubh in the foreground | |
Location | NH01405535 |
Coordinates | 57°32′38″N 5°19′09″W / 57.543941°N 5.319084°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary inflows | River Coulin |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 0.55 km (0.34 mi) [1] |
Max. width | 0.9 km (0.56 mi) [1] |
Surface area | 36 ha (89 acres) [2] |
Average depth | 18.3 ft (5.6 m) [1] |
Max. depth | 48.8 ft (14.9 m) [1] |
Water volume | 70,361,436.38 cu ft (1,992,414.000 m3) [1] |
Shore length1 | 4 km (2.5 mi) [2] |
Surface elevation | 96 m (315 ft) [2] |
Max. temperature | 57 °F (14 °C) |
Min. temperature | 53 °F (12 °C) at 40 feet [1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Loch Coulin is a small remote shallow low-altitude freshwater lochan, located within the Coulin Forest, some four miles to the south-west of Kinlochewe in Wester Ross. [1] [2] It is fed by the river Coulin from the south and its outflow is into Loch Clair in the north-west. Loch Coulin is within Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve. [3] [4]