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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 
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 13L 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 141 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 
88‘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. 
