Loch Oich

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lake_name = Loch Oich
image_lake = Loch Oich.jpg
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location = Highlands of Scotland
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type = freshwater loch
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basin_countries = United Kingdom
length = 6.5 km
width = 1 km
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max-depth = 47 m
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Loch Oich (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Omhaich) is a freshwater loch in the Highlands of Scotland which forms part of the Caledonian Canal. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy in the Great Glen [cite web |title=Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland, 1897-1909 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070208122134/http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/bathymetric/main_info.html |publisher=National Library of Scotland] .

The Loch Oich wildlife is rich with a wide variety of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds end mammals.

Every autumn the Atlantic salmon (salmo salar) migrates from the Sea using Loch Oich, Loch Lochy and Loch Ness as their spawning nests. After two years when the fingerling are up to 20 cm long they migrate back to the Sea where they grow rapidly and weigh from 3,5 – 17 kg after two years.

References

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst2404.html The Gazetteer for Scotland]

External links

* [http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/record.cfm?id=2143 1903 Map from the National Library of Scotland]
* [http://www.sol.co.uk/s/scotcycl/loch_oich_and_swing_bridge.htm Loch Oich and swing bridge]