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Loch Morar (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mòrair) is a freshwater loch in the Rough Bounds of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. [2] It is the fifth-largest loch by surface area in Scotland, at 26.7 km 2 (10.3 sq mi), and the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles with a maximum depth of 310 m (1,017 ft). The loch was created by glacial action around ...
Its deepest point is 230 metres (126 fathoms; 755 feet), making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar [citation needed]. It contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined [citation needed], and is the largest body of water in the Great Glen, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.
Loch Morar is the deepest of the UK's lakes and Loch Awe the longest. Murray and Pullar (1910) note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch in Scotland. [2] The deepest lake in England is Wast Water which descends to 76 metres (249 ft).
The largest freshwater loch in Scotland by surface area is Loch Lomond, with a surface area of 71 km 2 (27.4 sq mi). The largest freshwater loch in Scotland by volume is Loch Ness, with a volume of 7.5 km 3 (1.8 cu mi). The deepest freshwater loch is Loch Morar, with a maximum depth of 309 metres (1,014 ft).
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.
Loch is a Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or fjord (cognate with the Irish Gaelic loch, which is anglicised as lough and with the older Welsh word for a lake, llwch) that has been borrowed by Scots and Scottish English to apply to such bodies of water, especially those in Scotland. Whilst "loch" or "lochan" is by far the most widespread name ...
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The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately 7 mi (11 km) in length. It has an average depth of 68 ft (21 m) and is 174 ft (53 m) at its deepest. The eastern end of the loch features the largest freshwater beach in Britain. Since 1934 Loch Laggan has been part of the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme.