210 BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 



LOCHS OF THE EWE BASIN. 



THIRTEEN lochs draining into Loch Ewe were visited by the Lake 

 Survey, viz., Loch Maree, Lochan Fada, Lochs Garbhaig, Coulin, 

 Glair, Tollie, Kernsary, Ghiuragarstidh, Mhic' Ille Riabhaich, a' 

 Bhaid-Luachraich, Sguod, an t-Slagain, and an Drainc. The two 

 last-mentioned lochs fall into the sea just outside the entrance to Loch 

 Ewe, but it has been found convenient to include them with the lochs 

 of the Ewe basin. The relations between the various lochs will be 

 readily grasped by reference to the small index map of the district 

 shown in Fig. 37. The drainage area under consideration extends 

 from the mouth of Loch Ewe to the summit of Cam Odhar in the 

 south, and close to the shores of Loch Fannich in the east, and is about 

 30 miles in length from north to south, and about 17 miles in maximum 

 width from east to west. The total area is about 220 square miles 

 (excluding Loch Ewe), and, as will be seen from the table at the end 

 of this paper, about 185J square miles drain into the lochs now to be 

 dealt with, leaving about 35 square miles draining into the sea irrespec- 

 tive of these lochs. The head- waters of the basin on the south take 

 their rise on the flanks of Beinn Liath Mhor and Carn Breac, flowing 

 by the river Coulin into Loch Coulin, thence into Loch Clair, thence 

 by the Allt Ghairbhe into the Kinlochewe river, at Kinlochewe, which 

 falls into Loch Maree at its head. A short distance along the north- 

 eastern shore Loch Maree receives the outflow from Lochan Fada by 

 the Abhuinn an Fhasaigh, and, still further down, the outflow from 

 Loch Garbhaig* by the Amhainn na Fuirneis. At its foot Loch Maree 

 receives the outflow from Loch Tollie on the west, and from Lochs 

 Ghiuragarstidh and Kernsary on the north-east, and its waters are 

 carried by the river Ewe into the head of Loch Ewe. The outflow 

 from Loch Sguod falls into Loch Ewe on its western shore, and the 

 outflow from Lochs Mhic' Ille Riabhaich and a' Bhaid-Luachraich 

 on its eastern shore. Loch an t-Slagain flows into Slaggan bay at the 

 entrance to Loch Ewe, and Loch an Drainc flows into The Minch a 

 short distance to the west of the entrance to Loch Ewe. A number of 

 small lochs within the district now being dealt with could not be 

 surveyed for lack of boats. 



* The smaller Loch Garbhaig lying to the west of Loch Maree was not sounded. 



