Lough Gara

Lough Gara
Loch Uí Ghadhra (Irish)
Lough Gara is located in island of Ireland
Lough Gara
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Sligo, County Roscommon
Coordinates53°57′N 8°27′W / 53.950°N 8.450°W / 53.950; -8.450
Catchment area499.69 km2 (192.93 sq mi)
Basin countriesIreland
Max. length4 mi (6.4 km)
Max. width2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Surface area12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Surface elevation66 m (217 ft)
SettlementsMonasteraden
References[1]
Designated7 June 1996
Reference no.852[2]

Lough Gara (Irish: Loch Uí Ghadhra)[3] is a lake in Counties Sligo and Roscommon, Ireland. It is an Important Bird Area protecting 1,788 ha of which most (1,742 ha) is covered by a Ramsar Site.[4]

  1. ^ Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Lough Gara". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Loch Uí Ghadhra/Lough Gara". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lough Gara". BirdLife International. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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