Loch Dee
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| Geographical location | Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland | |
| Drain | Dee | |
| Location close to the shore | New Galloway | |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 4 '58 " N , 4 ° 23' 56" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 225 m ASL | |
| surface | 1 km² | |
| length | 1.8 km | |
| width | 700 m | |
Loch Dee is a freshwater lake in the Scottish Lowlands. It is located about 17 km west of New Galloway in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . Although the lake is located in Galloway Forest Park , its banks are largely unforested. There are no roads to Loch Dee. The lake is only accessible via forest trails. By car you can approach a maximum of 4.5 km from the west via the A712 .
Loch Dee is about 1.8 km long and a maximum of 700 m wide. The lake has a surface of about 1 km² and lies at an altitude of 225 m. It drains over the River Dee , which was dammed about seven kilometers southwest of Clatteringshaws Loch . The catchment area of Loch Dee covers 15.6 km².
There are no localities or other settlements on the lake. Loch Dee, where brown trout and pike can be caught, is popular with anglers. The lake is part of the British Government's Environmental Monitoring Program, which continuously records environmental data from 57 locations in Great Britain .
literature
- John Murray, Laurence Pullar: Bathymetrical survey of the Scottish fresh-water lochs . Conducted under the direction of Sir J. Murray and L. Pullar during the years 1897 to 1909. Challenger Office, Edinb. 1910, OCLC 219452485 , Lochs of the Dee (Kirkcudbright) Basin, p. 114 (Report on the scientific results.).
Web links
- Short description of the lake (English) ( Memento of 9 August 2006 at the Internet Archive )
- Photo of the lake ( Memento from August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Salmon Fishing in Scotland information for anglers