THE FRESH- WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND. 
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LOCHS OF THE DEE (ABERDEEN) BASIN. 
The drainage basin of tbe 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 
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 Ballater, 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. Boy. Soc. Edm.^ 
vol. 26, p. 107 (1906). 
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