A loch (usually Lough as a name element outside Scotland) is a body of water which is either:
- a lake or;
- a sea inlet, which may be also a firth, fjord, estuary or bay. A lough is a body of Water and is either A Lake. A Sea lough which may be a Fjord, Estuary, Bay Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Water is a common Chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of Life. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water often leading to an enclosed body of water such as a sound, bay, Firth is the Lowland Scots word used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment
Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs.
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Background
This name for a body of water is Gaelic[1] in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. The Goidelic languages, (also sometimes called particularly in colloquial situations the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) historically formed a Dialect For a list, see List of lochs in Scotland. The following is a list of lochs in Scotland. Loch is a Scottish Gaelic word for a Lake or Fiord, cognate with the
As a name element Loch has become Lough for many bodies of water in Ireland and for some in the north of England. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland However, reference to the latter as lochs or loughs (lower case initial), rather than as lakes, inlets and so on, is unusual. For lists, see List of Irish loughs and List of English loughs. This is a list of loughs in Ireland. The word " Lough " comes. The following is a list of Loughs that can be found in England.
Although there is no strict size definition, a small loch is often known as a lochan (so spelled also in Scottish Gaelic; in Irish it is spelled lochán).
Perhaps the most famous Scottish loch is Loch Ness, although there are other large examples such as Loch Awe, Loch Lomond and Loch Tay. Loch Ness ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis) is a large deep freshwater Loch in the Scottish Highlands ( extending for approximately 37 km (23 miles Loch Awe ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Obha) is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Lomond (ˈloʊmənd ( Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a freshwater Scottish Loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. Loch Tay ( Scottish Gaelic, Loch Tatha) is a freshwater Loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the district of Perthshire
Examples of sea lochs in Scotland include Loch Long, Loch Fyne, Loch Linnhe, Loch Eriboll. Loch Long ( Loch Long in Gaelic is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Fyne ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Fìne, ɫ̪ɔx fiːnə is a Sea loch on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Linnhe (known in Gaelic as An Linne Dhubh upstream of Corran and as An Linne Sheileach downstream of Corran is a Sea loch Loch Eriboll ( Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Euraboil" is a 16km long Sea loch on the North Coast of Scotland, which has been used for centuries
The uses of lochs
Some new reservoirs for hydroelectric schemes have been given names faithful to the names for natural bodies of water - for example: the Loch Sloy scheme, and Lochs Laggan and Treig (which form part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme near Fort William). A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Loch Laggan is a freshwater Loch situated east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. Loch Treig ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Trèig) is a 9 km freshwater Loch situated in a steep-sided Glen 20 km east of Fort William District of Lochaber Fort William ( Scottish Gaelic: An Gearasdan, "The Garrison" is the largest town in the highlands of Scotland, now that Inverness Other expanses are simply called reservoirs, eg: Blackwater Reservoir above Kinlochleven. A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use The Blackwater Reservoir is a reservoir created behind a Dam in the mountains above Kinlochleven, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. Kinlochleven ( Ceann Loch Lìobhann in Gaelic) is a village in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland and lies at the eastern end of Loch
Scottish lakes
Scotland has only one natural water body actually called a lake, the Lake of Menteith, an Anglicisation of the Scots Laich o Menteith meaning a "low-lying bit of land in Menteith", and applied to the loch there because of the similarity of the sounds of the words laich and lake. The Lake of Menteith ( Scottish Gaelic "Loch Innis MoCholmaig" or until the 20th century the Loch of Menteith, is a Loch in Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is a process of conversion of verbal or written elements of any other language into a more comprehensible English Scots ( The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern The Lake of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake and Lake Louise, (In the grounds of Skibo Castle), are other bodies of water in Scotland which are called lakes and all are man-made. The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland. Pressmennan Lake is a Lake in East Lothian in Scotland. It is an artificial reservoir constructed in 1819. Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. Most Scots will be quick to correct anyone who refers to "lochs" as "lakes".
The word "loch" is used as a shibboleth to identify natives of England, because the hard "ch" (IPA: [x]) sound is used in Scotland whereas most English people pronounce the word like "lock". Shibboleth (ˈʃɪbəlɛθ or ˈʃɪbələθ is any practice which is indicative of one's social or regional origin
Lochs beyond Scotland and Ireland
As "loch" is a common Gaelic word, it is also found as the root of several Manx placenames. Manx ( Gaelg or Gailck, ɡilk or) also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Goidelic language once spoken on the Isle
The US naval port of Pearl Harbor, located on the south coast of the main Hawaiian island of Oahu, is one of a complex of sea inlets. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pearl Harbor is a Harbor on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Several of these are named as lochs, viz. South East Loch, Merry Loch, East Loch, Middle Loch and West Loch.
Brenton Loch in the Falkland Islands is a sea loch, near Lafonia, East Falkland. Brenton Loch ( Spanish Bahia de Ruiz Puente 51 43 S 059 01 W is an inlet-cum-small Fjord in the Falkland Islands. Lafonia is a Peninsula forming the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands. East Falkland (Isla Soledad the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6605 square kilometres (2550 sq mi.
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References
- ^ The word has currency in the following languages: Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx and Lowland Scots; in addition to Scottish English, Irish English and Standard English. A lough is a body of Water and is either A Lake. A Sea lough which may be a Fjord, Estuary, Bay Firth is the Lowland Scots word used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland. A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment A ria is a Landform, often referred to as a drowned river valley. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Manx ( Gaelg or Gailck, ɡilk or) also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Goidelic language once spoken on the Isle Scots ( The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern Scottish English is the variety of English spoken in Scotland, also called Scottish Standard English. Hiberno-English also known as Anglo-Irish and Irish English is English as spoken in Ireland, partly the result of the interaction of the English Standard English (often shortened to SE within linguistic circles is a term generally applied to a form of the English language that is thought to be normative
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