Lough Barra

{{Infobox body of water

| name = Lough Barra

| native_name = {{native name|ga|Loch Beara}}

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| image = Lough Barra - geograph.org.uk - 501840.jpg

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| pushpin_map = Island of Ireland

| pushpin_map_alt = Lough Barra location in Ireland

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

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| location = County Donegal

| coords = {{Coord|54|57|26|N|8|6|19|W|region:IE_type:waterbody_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

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| inflow = River Barra

| outflow = Gweebarra River

| catchment = {{convert|19.68|km2|1|abbr=on}}

| basin_countries = Ireland

| length = {{convert|1.4|km|0|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|0.8|km|1|abbr=on}}

| area = {{convert|0.63|km2|abbr=on}}

| depth = {{convert|4.4|m|0|abbr=on}}

| max-depth = {{convert|11.6|m|0|abbr=on}}

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Lough Barra ({{Irish place name|Loch Beara}}) is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in north County Donegal in the valley along the Gweebarra fault.

Geography

Lough Barra is about {{convert|30|km|0}} west of Letterkenny, just outside the southwest corner of Glenveagh National Park. It measures about {{convert|1.5|km|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|km|1|abbr=on}} wide.

Hydrology

Lough Barra is fed mainly by the Barra River entering at its northern end. The lake drains southwards into the Gweebarra River. The lake, like other area lakes, is oligotrophic.

Natural history

Fish species in Lough Barra include brown trout, salmon and the critically endangered European eel. Lough Barra is part of the Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park Special Area of Conservation, which also includes Lough Beagh.

References

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{{cite report | last1 = Free | first1 = Gary | last2 = Little | first2 = Ruth | last3 = Tierney | first3 = Deirdre | last4 = Donnelly | first4 = Karol | last5 = Caroni | first5 = Rossana | name-list-style = amp | url = https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/water/Final-Report-(2000-FS1-M1).pdf#page=16 | title = A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes | date = 2006 | pages = 10 | publisher = Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) | access-date = 11 October 2022}}

{{Google maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lough+Barra,+Co.+Donegal,+Ireland/@54.9545522,-8.1133043,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x485f9eaac1f21dbd:0x5a7ce41425a84a9f?hl=en | title = Lough Barra | access-date = 3 February 2016}}

{{cite web | url = http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Barra_report_2014.pdf | title = Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Lough Barra | publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland | date = July 2014 | access-date = 3 February 2016}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1166331 | title = Loch Beara/Lough Barra | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | access-date = 3 February 2016}}

{{cite web | url = http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/synopsis/SY002047.pdf | title = Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC | publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) | access-date = 3 February 2016}}

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External links

{{Commons category-inline|Lough Barra}}

Category:Lakes of County Donegal

Category:Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland