STATISTICAL TABLES OF THE 

 SCOTTISH FRESH-WATER LOCHS 



(Surveyed during the years 1897 to 1909) 



DURING the course of the Lake Survey work 562 of the Scottish 

 fresh-water lochs were surveyed. These include all the principal 

 lochs of the country, and a very large number of the smaller and less 

 important ones. As a matter of fact, all lochs were surveyed on 

 which boats could be found at the time the work was being carried 

 out. To have included all the smaller highland and less accessible 

 lochs and tarns would have very greatly increased the expense and 

 the time involved. To transport a boat to many of the remote 

 lochs in the Highlands would have entailed much labour and 

 difficulty, not to speak of the objections of proprietors, keepers, and 

 others, who do not wish to have grouse moors and deer forests dis- 

 turbed at a time of the year when the lochs are most accessible. 



The general results of the survey work are, however, in no way 

 affected by these smaller lochs having been excluded, for a great 

 many lochs have been surveyed in all districts of the country. 



The following tables are intended to summarise the results which 

 are given in detail in Volume II. of this Report. 



Table I. shows the lakes arranged according to their lengths. 



Table II. shows the lakes arranged according to their superficial 

 areas. 



Table III. shows the lakes arranged according to their maximum 

 depths. 



Table IV. shows the lakes arranged according to their mean 

 depths. 



Table V. shows the lakes arranged according to the volume of 

 water in each. 



Table VI. shows : 



(a) The number of lakes surveyed in the various river basins ; 



(b) The number of soundings taken in the lakes of the various 



river basins ; 



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