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Mochrum Loch

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Type
  
freshwater loch

Basin countries
  
Scotland

Surface elevation
  
75 m

Mean depth
  
2.1 m

Width
  
530 m

Primary outflows
  
Water of Malzie

Max. length
  
1.5 mi (2.4 km)

Area
  
92 ha

Length
  
2.4 km

Primary outflow
  
Water Of Malzie

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Location
  
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Primary inflows
  
Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway burn

Inflow source
  
Castle Loch, Dumfries and Galloway

Mochrum Loch is a large, irregular shaped, shallow, freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of south-west Scotland. It lies approximately 8 mi (13 km) west of the town of Wigtown. The loch has several rocky islets.

Contents

Map of Mochrum Loch, Newton Stewart, UK

Survey

The loch was surveyed in 1903 by James Murray and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.

References

Mochrum Loch Wikipedia