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Loch Ness Water Facts |
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Loch Ness is situated at the North Eastern end
of the Great Glen, a large "side-slip" (and active)
fault line that splits the north of Scotland down the middle and
further sculpted by Ice Age glaciers. The word Glen means "steep
sided valley". |
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The
Word Loch is another word for lake or fjord. |
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There are about forty small
rivers, streams, burns and waterways running into Loch Ness. The
Loch itself is connected to the sea via the River Ness and Caledonian
Canal - both feeding into the Moray Firth. |
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Loch Ness is 51 feet (16 metres) higher than sea
level, is 23 miles long and 1 mile wide. Beneath the water the
Loch consists of two deep basins separated by a barrier of sediment
from the River Foyers, approximately half-way down the southern
shore of the Loch. |
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So far, "Operation Deepscan" has been
the largest and most exaustive expedition staged at Loch Ness.
During the exploration, several unidentified and unexplained sonar
contacts were recorded beneath the water. |
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There have been countless fake monster sightings
and false evidence of it's existance presented over the years,
including a fabricated echo sounder chart showing a multi-legged
creature taken from the Rival III in 1957. |
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The first real scientific survey of
Loch Ness occured in 1901 by John Murray. |
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A plan to bring trained dolphins to help study
Loch Ness was thwarted when one of the dolphins died during acclimatisation
in New England. |
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Ospreys regularly fish the waters at Loch Ness. |
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The waters of Loch Ness never freeze over. |
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The power company Hydro Electric is able to adjust
the level of the water in Loch Ness by several feet, a practiced
used to prevent flooding in the River Ness & Inverness. |
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There are two layers of radioactive sediment beneath
the waters of Loch Ness. The first was the result of radioactive
fallout from the Chernobyl disaster. |
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Loch Ness contains more water than in all of the
lakes and rivers of England and Wales combined. It also has the
greatest volume of water than any other Scottish Loch. |
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The colour of the Loch Water is caused by peat
particles floating throughout the Loch. |
