THE FRESH-WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 



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LOCHS OF THE MONIKIE BASIN. 



WITHIN the area drained by the Monikie burn (see Index Map, Fig. 16), 

 which flows into the North sea at Carnoustie, are two (or rather three) 

 reservoirs used for the supply of water to Dundee, that were sounded by 

 the Lake Survey, viz. Monikie reservoirs and Crombie Den reservoir, 

 situated 7 or 8 miles south-east of Forfar, and about 4 miles north-west of 

 Carnoustie, at an elevation of nearly 500 feet above the sea. 



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FIG. 16. INDEX MAP OF THE MONIKIE AND LUNAN BASICS. 



Monikie Reservoirs (see Plate L.). The two reservoirs together re- 

 semble the capital letter B in outline, and when full they stand at the 

 same level, but on the date of the survey (October 13, 19<4) there was a 

 difference in level of nearly 2 feet, the elevation of the south pond being 

 476-6 feet, and of the north pond 474-8 feet, above the sea. The clear- 

 water basin could not be sounded, as it was under repair; it has a flat 



