Belhavel Lough

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Belhavel Lough
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Location in Ireland
Location County Leitrim
Coordinates 54°12′31″N8°11′1″W / 54.20861°N 8.18361°W / 54.20861; -8.18361
Native nameClaonloch (Irish)
Primary outflows Diffagher River
Catchment area 22.24 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Basin  countries Ireland
Surface area1.01 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Surface elevation60 m (200 ft)
References [1] [2]

Belhavel Lough (Irish : Claonloch, meaning 'crooked lake') [3] is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in north County Leitrim near the village of Killarga.

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Geography and hydrology

Belhavel Lough is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Killarga and 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Drumkeeran. [1] It covers an area of 1.01 km2 (0.4 sq mi). [2] The lake drains east into the Diffagher River, which eventually reaches Lough Allen. [1]

Ecology

The water quality was reported to be satisfactory c. 2001 – c. 2003 with a mesotrophic rating, [4] [n 1] but had a "poor" ecological status c. 2007 – c. 2009 indicating pollution, [6] though Zebra mussel infestation was not reported. [7] The ecology of Belhavel Lough, and other county waterways, is threatened by curly waterweed, zebra mussel, and freshwater clam invasive species. [8] [9]

See also

References and notes

Notes

  1. ↑ Trophic states of "Oligotrophic" and "Mesotrophic" are desirable, but freshwater lakes rated 'Eutrophic' or 'Hypertrophic' indicates pollution. [5]

Primary sources

  1. 1 2 3 Google (10 August 2015). "Belhavel Lough" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Claonloch/Belhavel Lough". Placenames Database of Ireland . Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University . Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Clenaghan, Clinton & Crowe 2005, p. 97.
  5. ↑ Clenaghan, Clinton & Crowe 2005, p. 8.
  6. ↑ EPA 2010, pp. 7, 84.
  7. ↑ EPA 2010, p. 80.
  8. ↑ Pedreschi et al. 2014.
  9. ↑ Clenaghan, Clinton & Crowe 2005, p. 16.

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