Loch Lyon

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Loch Lyon is a freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, known for its remote glen setting and role as the headwater reservoir for the River Lyon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loch Lyon canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater loch
reservoir
basinCountry Scotland
United Kingdom
climate temperate oceanic
country Scotland
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 332 metres
formedBy dam construction
hasAccess single-track estate road
hasHeadwater River Lyon
hasLength approximately 6 kilometres
hasNearbyFeature Loch Tay
Loch an Daimh
hasNearbyHill Beinn Achaladair
Beinn Mhanach
Beinn a’ Chreachain
hasNearbySettlement Fortingall
Innerwick
hasShoreLength approximately 19 kilometres
hasSurfaceArea approximately 5 square kilometres
hasTypeOfDam concrete gravity dam
inflow River Lyon
isHeadwaterReservoirFor River Lyon
isPartOf Scottish hydroelectric infrastructure
knownFor angling
remote glen setting
scenic landscape
locatedIn Glen Lyon
Scottish Highlands
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Perth and Kinross
locatedInMountainRange Grampian Mountains
locatedInValley upper Glen Lyon
locatedNear Ben Lawers range
Bridge of Balgie
locatedOnWatercourse River Lyon
outflow River Lyon
partOf River Tay catchment
recreation fishing
hillwalking
wild camping
region Central Highlands of Scotland
linked to: Scottish Highlands
use hydroelectric power generation
water supply reservoir
watercourseSystem River Tay system
waterManagementRole flow regulation of River Lyon
storage for hydroelectric schemes
waterType freshwater

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Lyon sourceRegion Loch Lyon
Breadalbane contains Loch Lyon