Muckle Water
Loch on Rousay Island, Orkney, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muckle Water is a long, narrow fresh water loch on Ward Hill on Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. It is the biggest loch on the island and is popular for fishing. It can be reached by a track from the roadside. The Suso Burn on the north eastern shore drains the loch into the Sound of Rousay.[2]
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Location | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland |
Coordinates | 59°09′12″N 3°03′40″W[1] |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary outflows | Suso Burn on the eastern shore, into the Sound of Rousay |
Basin countries | Scotland |
Max. length | 1.25 mi (2.01 km)[2] |
Max. width | 0.25 mi (0.40 km)[2] |
Surface area | 45.2 ha (112 acres)[1] |
Average depth | 11 ft (3.4 m)[2] |
Max. depth | 20 ft (6.1 m)[2] |
Water volume | 58,000,000 cu ft (1,600,000 m3)[2] |
Surface elevation | 98 m (322 ft)[1] |
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A rare hybrid pondweed (Potamogeton sp.) is found in the loch[3] as a result of its unique nutrient levels.
The loch was surveyed[2] in 1906 by James Murray and later charted[4] as part of The Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909 .[5]