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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 696 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KATRINE, LOCH

KATRINE, See also:
LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)
LOCH , a See also:

FRESHWATER

freshwater See also:

lake of See also:

Scotland, lying almost entirely in See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire. The boundary between the counties of See also:

Perth and See also:

Stirling runs from Glengyle, at the See also:

head of the lake, down the centre to a point opposite Stronachlachar from which it strikes to the See also:

south-western See also:

SHORE

shore towards Loch Arklet. The loch, which has a south-easterly trend, is about 8 m. See also:

long, and its greatest breadth is 1 m. It lies 364 ft. above the See also:

sea-level. It occupies an See also:

AREA

area of 44 square See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles and has a drainage See also:

basin of 371 square miles. The See also:

AVERAGE

average See also:

DEPTH

depth is 142 ft., the greatest depth being 495 ft. The average See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall is 78 inches. The mean temperature at the See also:

SURFACE

surface is 56.4° F., and at the bottom 41° F. The scenery has been immortalized in See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Walter See also:

Scott's See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of the Lake. The surrounding hills are of considerable attitude, the most remarkable being the head of See also:

BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben A'an (1750 ft.) and the grassy craigs and broken See also:

CONTOUR

contour of Ben See also:

VENUE (derived through the French, from Lat. venire, to come)

Venue (2393 ft.). It is fed by the Gyle and numerous See also:

burns, and drained by the Achray to Loch Achray and thence by the See also:

Black See also:

AVON

Avon to Loch Vennacher. Since 1859 it has formed the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief source of the See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow, the See also:

AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct leaving the lake about 12 m.

S.E. of Stronachlachar. By See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers obtained in 1885 the level of the lake was increased by 5 ft. by a See also:

SYSTEM

system of sluices regulating the outflow of the Achray. One result of this damming up has been to submerge the See also:

SILVER

Silver Strand and to curtail the dimensions of Ellen's Isle. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal points on the shores are Glengyle, formerly a fastness of the Macgregors, the See also:

TROSSACHS, THE (Gaelic, " the bristled country," a crude allusion to its physical features)

Trossachs, the Goblins' See also:

Cave on Ben Venue, and Stronachlachar (Gaelic, " the See also:

mason's See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose "), from which there is a See also:

ferry to Coilachra on the opposite See also:

side. A road has been constructed from the Trossachs for nearly six miles along the See also:

NORTHERN

northern shore. During summer steamers ply between the Trossachs and Stronachlachar and there is a daily service of coaches from the Trossachs to See also:

CALLANDER

Callander (about 10 m.) and to See also:

ABERFOYLE

Aberfoyle (9 m.), and between Stronachlachar, to Inversnaid on Loch See also:

LOMOND, LOCH

Lomond (about 41 m.). The road to Inversnaid runs through the Macgregors' See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country referred to in Scott's Rob See also:

ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

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