STATISTICAL TABLES OF THE 
SCOTTISH FRESH -WATER LOCHS 
{Surveyed during the years 1897 to 1909) 
During the course of the Lake Survey work 562 of the Scottish 
fresh-water lochs were surveyed. These include all the principal 
lochs of the country, and a very large number of the smaller and less 
important ones. As a matter of fact, all lochs were surveyed on 
which boats could be found at the time the work was being carried 
out. To have included all the smaller highland and less accessible 
lochs and tarns would have very greatly increased the expense and 
the time involved. To transport a boat to many of the remote 
lochs in the Highlands would have entailed much labour and 
difficulty, not to speak of the objections of proprietors, keepers, and 
others, who do not wish to have grouse moors and deer forests dis- 
turbed at a time of the year when the lochs are most accessible. 
The general results of the survey work are, however, in no way 
affected by these smaller lochs having been excluded, for a great 
many lochs have been surveyed in all districts of the country. 
The following tables are intended to summarise the results which 
are given in detail in Volume II. of this Report. 
Table I. shows the lakes arranged according to their lengths. 
Table II. shows the lakes arranged according to their superficial 
areas. 
Table III. shows the lakes arranged according to their maximum 
depths. 
Table IV. shows the lakes arranged according to their mean 
depths. 
Table V. shows the lakes arranged according to the volume of 
water in each. 
Table VI. shows : — 
(a) The number of lakes surveyed in the various river basins ; 
( b ) The number of soundings taken in the lakes of the various 
river basins ; 
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