Loch Fitty
| Loch Fitty | ||
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| View over Loch Fitty | ||
| Geographical location | Fife , Scotland | |
| Drain | Lochfitty Burn → Ore → Leven → Firth of Forth | |
| Location close to the shore | Cowdenbeath , Dunfermline | |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 6 '30 " N , 3 ° 24' 50" W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 125 m ASL | |
| surface | 62 ha | |
| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 520 m | |
| volume | 1,435,660 m³ | |
| scope | 4 km | |
| Maximum depth | 4.9 m | |
| Middle deep | 2.3 m | |
| Catchment area | 19.12 km² | |
Loch Fitty is a freshwater lake in the Scottish council area of Fife . It lies between the small towns of Cowdenbeath and Dunfermline . Loch Ore and Loch Gelly are also within a few kilometers .
description
The lake is at an altitude of 125 meters above sea level. Loch Fitty has an elongated outline with a maximum length of 1.5 kilometers and a maximum width of 520 meters, resulting in an area of 62 hectares and a circumference of four kilometers. A six-kilometer-long stream from the Roscobie Hills flows into its west bank , which has a volume of 1,435,660 kiloliters . The catchment area of Loch Fitty is 1912 hectares. It has an average depth of 2.3 meters and a maximum depth of 4.9 meters. The Lochfitty Burn flows off on the east bank and drains into the Firth of Forth via Ore and Leven .
Loch Fitty has populations of trout and other fish and is popular with anglers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Information from the UK Center for Ecology and Hydrology
- ↑ a b c Measurement on Google Maps
- ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Fitty in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882-1885.
