Rinn Lough
{{Short description|Lake in south County Leitrim, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name = Rinn Lough
| native_name = {{native name|ga|Claonloch}}
| other_name =
| image = Walled gardens from far side of Lough Rynn.JPG
| caption = Walled gardens of Lough Rynn Castle from far side of the lake
| pushpin_map = Island of Ireland
| pushpin_map_alt = Rinn Lough location in Ireland
| pushpin_label_position = none
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland
| image_bathymetry =
| caption_bathymetry =
| location = County Leitrim
| coords = {{Coord|53|53|3|N|7|50|52|W|region:IE_type:waterbody_scale:20000|display=inline,title}}
| lake_type =
| inflow = Cloone River
| outflow = River Rinn
| catchment = {{convert|178.06|km2|1|abbr=on}}
| basin_countries = Ireland
| length = {{convert|4|km|1|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|0.7|km|1|abbr=on}}
| area = {{convert|1.65|km2|abbr=on}}
| depth =
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| shore =
| elevation = {{convert|39|m|abbr=on}}
| islands = 6
| cities = Mohill
}}
Rinn Lough ({{Irish place name|Claonloch}}, also {{Irish place name|Loch na Reanna}}), also known as Lough Rynn, is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in south County Leitrim.
Geography
Rinn Lough measures about {{convert|4|km|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|km|1|abbr=on}} wide. It is located about {{convert|4|km|0|abbr=on}} south of Mohill. Lough Rynn Castle, a medieval castle now a hotel, occupies an estate on the lake's northeastern shore.
Hydrology
Two smaller neighbouring lakes drain into Rinn Lough: Clooncoc Lough and Lough Errew. Rinn Lough drains south into the Rinn River flowing into Lough Forbes. Part of the river forms the Rinn River Natural Heritage Area.
Ecology
The water quality was reported to be satisfactory {{nobreak|{{circa|2001|2006}}}} maintaining a mesotrophic rating.{{sfn|Clenaghan|Clinton|Crowe|2005|pp=97}}{{sfn|EPA|2010|pp=80}}{{refn|group=n|Trophic states of "Oligotrophic" and "Mesotrophic" are desirable, but freshwater lakes rated 'Eutrophic' or 'Hypertrophic' indicates pollution.{{sfn|Clenaghan|Clinton|Crowe|2005|pp=8}}|name=EPAunsatisfactory}} but given a "{{em|bad ecological status}}" {{nobreak|{{circa|2007|2009}}}} due to pollution.{{sfn|EPA|2010|pp=7, 84}} Zebra mussel infestation is present.{{sfn|EPA|2010|pp=80}} The ecology of Rinn Lough, and Irish waterways, remains threatened by curly waterweed, zebra mussel, and freshwater clam invasive species.{{sfn|Pedreschi|Kelly-Quinn|Caffrey|O'Grady|2014}}{{sfn|Clenaghan|Clinton|Crowe|2005|pp=16}}
See also
References and notes
=Notes=
{{Reflist|group=n}}
=Primary sources=
{{reflist|refs =
{{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1411393 | title = Claonloch/Rinn Lough | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht | access-date = 28 December 2015}}
{{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=19 | title = A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes | date = 2006 | pages = 13 | publisher = Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) | access-date = 12 October 2022}}
{{cite web | url = http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/synopsis/SY000691.pdf | title = Rinn River NHA | publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) | access-date = 28 December 2015}}
}}
=Secondary sources=
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite report
|title=Phosphorus Regulations National Implementation Report
|year=2005
|publisher=Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Enforcement
|first1=Conor
|last1=Clenaghan
|first2=Frank
|last2=Clinton
|first3=Matthew
|last3=Crowe
|url=https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/water/phosphorus/EPA_phosphorus_report_2005.pdf}}
- {{citation
|title=Genetic structure of pike (Esox lucius) reveals a complex and previously unrecognized colonization history of Ireland
|last1=Pedreschi
|first1=D.
|last2=Kelly-Quinn
|first2=M.
|last3=Caffrey
|first3=J
|last4=O'Grady
|first4=M.
|last5=Mariani
|first5=S.
|last6=Phillimore
|first6=A.
|journal=Journal of Biogeography
|publisher=Journal of Biogeography, 41(3), 548–560.
|url= |year=2014|volume=41
|issue=3
|pages=548–560
|doi=10.1111/jbi.12220
|pmid=25435649
|pmc=4238397
}}
- {{cite report
|title=Water Quality in Ireland 2007-2009
|editor1=Martin McGarrigle |editor2=John Lucey |editor3=Micheál Ó Cinnéide
|publisher=EPA, Aquatic Environment Office of Environmental Assessment
|year=2010
|url=https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/water/waterqua/WaterQuality0709.pdf
|author=EPA}}
{{refend}}