THE FRESH- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 



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LOCHS OF THE DEE (ABERDEEN) BASIN. 



THE drainage basin of the river Dee (Aberdeenshire) is an extensive 

 one, exceeding 800 square miles, and includes one important loch (Loch 

 Muick) and several small ones, of which half a dozen were sounded by the 

 Lake Survey, viz. Lochs Callater, Muick, Davan, Kinord, Aboyne, and 

 Skene (see Index Map, Fig. 17). Loch Builg might also be included 

 among the lochs of the Dee basin, since a certain proportion of its over- 

 flow drains through the moraine matter at its southern end into the river 



English Miles 



Bartholomew. 



5 10 20 30 



FIG. 17. INDEX MAP OF THE DEE (ABERDEEN) BASIN. 



Gairn, but as its normal outflow is at the northern end into the river Avon, 

 it will be dealt with among the lochs of the Spey basin. Lochs Muick, 

 Callater, and Builg were made the subject of a short paper by Drs. Johnston 

 and Collet.* 



Lochs Callater and Muick are situated in the upper reaches of the 

 river, to the south-west of Bal later, on the flanks of Lochnagar, the highest 

 peak attaining an altitude of 3786 feet, while the other lochs are connected 

 with the lower reaches of the river, to the east of Ballater. The fishings 



* " On the Formation of Certain Lakes in the Highlands," Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 

 vol. 26, p. 107 (1906). 



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