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Apart from being Ireland's longest river, the Shannon is also, by far, Ireland's largest river by flow. It has a long-term average flow rate of 208.1 m 3 /s (7,350 cu ft/s) (at Limerick ). This is double the flow rate of Ireland's second highest-volume river, the short River Corrib (104.8 m 3 /s [3,700 cu ft/s]. [ 18 ]
The Shannon River Basin consists of the area containing Ireland's longest river, the River Shannon, and all of its tributaries and lakes. The official Ordnance Survey Ireland length of the Shannon from its Shannon Pot source is 224 miles (360 km) made up of 63.5 miles (102.2 km) tidal water flow and 160.5 miles (258.3 km) freshwater flow.
The Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation (SAC) incorporates the estuary and is 120 km (75 mi) in length, running from Killaloe to Loop Head. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Shannon has a high tidal range , up to around 5.44 m (17.8 ft) at Limerick docks, such that the estuary has been considered for tidal power schemes, despite occasionally ...
TABLE 1. a. The length of the River Shannon from the Shannon Pot to Limerick City is 258 kilometres (160 mi) [8] with a basin area of 11,700 km 2.; The River Shannon's overall length (to Loop Head), using the Owenmore River (County Cavan) as source, is 372 kilometres (231 mi), [9] 11 km (7 mi) longer than the Shannon Pot source.
Lough Ree (Irish: Loch Rí), [1] translated to English as King's Lake or King Lake, [citation needed] is a lake in the midlands of Ireland, the second of the three major lakes on the River Shannon. Lough Ree is the second largest lake on the Shannon after Lough Derg. The other two major lakes are Lough Allen to the north, and Lough Derg to the ...
A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights. A chart datum is generally derived from some tidal phase, in which case it is also known as a tidal datum. [1] Common chart datums are lowest astronomical tide (LAT) [1] and mean lower low water (MLLW).
At the heart of the callows is the River Shannon: one of the only unregulated rivers left in western Europe. [1] The River Shannon extends 360 kilometers. [2] More than 20% of Ireland's landmass is drained by the River Shannon. [1] Unlike many other parts of the world, the callows is relatively untouched by mankind.
Lough Allen (Irish: Loch Aillionn) [2] is a lake on the River Shannon [3] in northeastern Connacht, Ireland. Most of the lake is in County Leitrim , [ 3 ] with a smaller part in County Roscommon . The lake lies to the south of the River Shannon's source , near the Iron Mountains, and is the uppermost of the three main lakes on the river.