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Loch
Ness is a large, deep, freshwater
loch in the Scottish Highlands
(57°18′N 4°27′W) extending for
approximately 37 km (23 mi)
southwest of Inverness. Its surface
is 15.8 m (52 ft) above sea level.
Loch Ness is best known for the
alleged sightings of the legendary
Loch Ness Monster, also known as "Nessie".
Loch Ness is over twenty miles long
and hundreds of feet deep in places.
The loch is notorious for its
murkyness, as the water is filled
with slime, peat, and mud. The
loch's murkyness and depth may be
one of the reasons why the Loch Ness
monster's existance has not yet been
proven. Some people think caverns
under the loch connect to the ocean.
It is
connected at the southern end by the
River Oich and a section of the
Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. At
the northern end there is the Bona
Narrows which opens out into Loch
Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness
and a further section of canal to
Inverness. It is one of a series of
interconnected, murky bodies of
water in Scotland; its water
visibility is exceptionally low due
to a high peat content in the
surrounding soil.
Loch
Ness is the second largest Scottish
loch by surface area at 56.4 km2
(21.8 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but
due to its great depth it is the
largest by volume. Its deepest point
is 230 m (755 ft), deeper than the
height of London's BT Tower at 189 m
(620 ft) and deeper than any other
loch with the exception of Loch
Morar. It contains more fresh water
than all lakes in England and Wales
combined, and is the largest body of
water on the Great Glen Fault, which
runs from Inverness in the north to
Fort William in the south.
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