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follows a winding course of about 6 miles, and pours its waters into the 

 Moray firth. Besides these, there are many shorter streams and burns 

 flowing directly into Loch Ness, or into the tributary rivers or lochs. 



As will be seen from the summary table, the staff of the Lake Survey 

 sounded thirty- three lochs within the Ness basin, while a number of 

 small lochs could not be surveyed for lack of facilities. These lochs 

 vary in size, from the little Loch nan Losganan, covering an area of 

 only 7 acres, and containing only a million cubic feet of water, to the 



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mighty Loch Ness, covering an area exceeding 20 square miles, and 

 containing many thousands of millions of cubic feet of water. None of 

 the other lochs in the basin can be compared with Loch Ness, neither as 

 regards area, volume, nor depth, but still a few of the lochs are of 

 considerable importance. For instance, Loch Quoich is 7 miles in 

 length, while Loch Garry and Loch Mhor are nearly 5 miles in length, 

 and Loch Clunie and Loch Oich exceed 4 miles in length. Loch Quoich, 

 again, covers an area of nearly 3 square miles, while Lochs Garry, 

 Mhor, and Clunie exceed a square mile in area. Two of the lochs 



