Lough Barra
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Lough Barra is a freshwater lake in the north County Donegal in the valley along the Gweebarra fault. It is fed by a number of streams, principally by the Barra River entering at its northern end. The lake drains southwards into the Gweebarra River. This, like other lakes in this sparse area, is 'oligotrophic' giving it clean waters.
Lough Barra is about nineteen miles west of Letterkenny, just outside the south-west corner of the Glenveagh National Park. It measures about a mile long and a thousand yards wide.
- Location map: 54°57’26"N, 8°6’19"W
Fish
Fish species in Lough Barra include brown trout, salmon and eels.[1] Lough Barra is part of the Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park Special Area of Conservation, which also includes Lough Beagh.
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References
- ↑ Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Lough Barra: Inland Fisheries Ireland, July 2014
- Loch Beara/Lough Barra: Placenames Database of Ireland
- A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes: Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) (2006), page 16