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The western shore is wooded where rises the steep slope of Criffel, covered 

 with numerous boulders, while the eastern shore is bordered by cultivated 

 fields. The portion to the east of the large island is mostly filled with 

 reeds, and there are narrow strips of reeds on many parts of the western 

 shore. The burn flows out among stones at the north end, and joins the 

 New Abbey Pow. The general trend is from south-south-east to north- 

 north-west, but the southern portion curves round a broad promontory 

 on the eastern shore to the north-eastward. Loch Kindar exceeds three- 

 quarters of a mile in length, the maximum breadth being one-third of a 

 mile, and the mean breadth a quarter of a mile. Its waters cover an area 

 of about 134 acres, and it drains an area of over a square mile. The 

 maximum depth of 41 feet was found towards the northern end. The 

 mean depth is estimated at 14| feet, and the volume of water at 83 million 

 cubic feet. The soundings show that the conformation of the bottom is 

 rather irregular, comparatively shallow water occupying the central and 

 southern parts of the loch, while the deeper water occupies the northern 

 part, and sends out two branches, the longer one skirting the western 

 shore, and the shorter one running towards the eastern shore. Of the 

 entire lake-floor, about 35 per cent, is covered by less than 10 feet of 

 water, while 47 per cent, is covered by water between 10 and 20 feet in 

 depth. The loch was surveyed on May 2, 1905, when the elevation was 

 8 8 '05 feet above the sea, as compared with 88*3 feet determined by the 

 Ordnance Survey on February 19, 1894. Little variation was indicated 

 in the temperature of the water by observations taken in the deepest part 

 of the loch, the surface-reading being 49 0< Fahr., while readings at 28 

 and 38 feet both gave 48'5. 



