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- 17 May 2018
Loch Etive is a typical fjord, carved into grantie and metamorphic rocks by glaciers from the Rannoch Moor area. The steeply walled, deep upper basin is followed by a series of shallower basins and...
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- 17 May 2018
The Uist island chain in the Outer Hebrides is formed of Lewisian gneiss and is generaly low-lying with extensive and complex fresh and brackish water systems and a heavily indented eastern...
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- 17 May 2018
Loch Etive is a typical fjord, carved into grantie and metamorphic rocks by glaciers from the Rannoch Moor area. The steeply walled, deep upper basin is followed by a series of shallower basins and...
- Published by:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
The Uist island chain in the Outer Hebrides is formed of Lewisian gneiss and is generaly low-lying with extensive and complex fresh and brackish water systems and a heavily indented eastern...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
Loch Gairloch and Loch Ewe lie on the north-west Scottish mainland in an area of Torridonian sandstone. They were surveyed during 1990 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Although adjacent,...
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- 17 May 2018
Six mainland lochs south of Oban were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Loch Feochan, the most northerly, opens into the Firth of Lorne and is protected from the west...
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- 17 May 2018
The Shetland Islands are Britain's most northerly extremity and have a long, complex coastline with numerous islands, sheltered inlets and tide-swept channels. They lie at the confluence of the...
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- 17 May 2018
Five sealochs to the north-east of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of the Scottish sealochs. All of the lochs were markedly different in character. Loch...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
Six mainland lochs south of Oban were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Loch Feochan, the most northerly, opens into the Firth of Lorne and is protected from the west...
- Published by:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
Loch Gairloch and Loch Ewe lie on the north-west Scottish mainland in an area of Torridonian sandstone. They were surveyed during 1990 as part of the survey of Scottish sealochs. Although adjacent,...
- Published by:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
The Shetland Islands are Britain's most northerly extremity and have a long, complex coastline with numerous islands, sheltered inlets and tide-swept channels. They lie at the confluence of the...
- Published by:
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
Five sealochs to the north-east of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula were surveyed during 1989 as part of the survey of the Scottish sealochs. All of the lochs were markedly different in character. Loch...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
The sea lochs of north Harris and southern Lewis in the Outer Hebrides are amongst the most remote in the British Isles with limited, or no, road access. Six lochs were visited during the present...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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- 17 May 2018
The sea lochs of north Harris and southern Lewis in the Outer Hebrides are amongst the most remote in the British Isles with limited, or no, road access. Six lochs were visited during the present...
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- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Last updated:
- 17 May 2018
Portland and Weymouth harbours are situated on the south coast of Dorset to the north of the isle of Portland (or Portland Bill). Portland harbour encloses a large area of seabed and is sheltered...
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- 17 May 2018
Portland and Weymouth harbours are situated on the south coast of Dorset to the north of the isle of Portland (or Portland Bill). Portland harbour encloses a large area of seabed and is sheltered...
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- 17 May 2018
The Exe estuary is situated in southeast Devon and opens into the western side of Lyme Bay in the English Channel. The estuary is approximately 10km in length and between 1 and 2 km in width at the...
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- 17 May 2018
The Exe estuary is situated in southeast Devon and opens into the western side of Lyme Bay in the English Channel. The estuary is approximately 10km in length and between 1 and 2 km in width at the...
