River Garvary - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
River Garvary
Short name
R20
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Site Manager
Dawn Lynch
Site Description
UK ECN site. Located to the north of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, the Garvary River has its source in the outflows from Loughs Vearty and Tullyasiddagh. It flows in a general south-easterly direction, augmented by the Crossowen River and the outflow from Lough Scolban, and eventually discharges to Lower Lough Erne. Approximately 7 km long, the river has a catchment area of 35.5km2 of which around 5% is lake surface. At the ECN site, the river is 2.5-3 metres wide and 30cm deep with a few holding pools around 60cm deep. The drift geology of the catchment consists mainly of peat and bedrock at or near the surface which some glacial till and small amounts of sand and gravel. The solid geology has been identified as mainly ...
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2023-09-01 15:09:23

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameterbiological parameterecosystem parameterchlorophyllcontentofwaterconductivitystageheightwateraciditywateralkalinitywaterlevelwaterqualitywatertemperaturewatertransparencyammoniumcontentdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwatersuspendedsolidstotalorganiccarbonnitrogencontentinorganicnutrientcontent
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_037)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
Geographic
2 km
1 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 54.499455 Longitude: -7.990648

Size
ca. 0.00ha
Elevation (average)
115.00msl
Elevation (min)
50.00msl
Elevation (max)
180.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Rivers
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.97°C
Precipitation Annual
1466.80mm
Geology
The drift geology of the catchment consists mainly of peat and bedrock at or near the surface which some glacial till and small amounts of sand and gravel. The solid geology has been identified as mainly mica schist of the Moinian period.
Vegetation
In its upper reaches, the river flows though moorland and peat bog. Rough pasture, bracken and heather. The upper part of the catchment supports low intensity sheep grazing, while downstream the land use is predominantly improved grassland. Its banks have many trees (mainly alder, willow and hazel).
Soils
Soils in the catchment are peats and gleys with poor drainage capacity
Hydrology
Located to the north of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, the Garvary River has its source in the outflows from Loughs Vearty and Tullyasiddagh. It flows in a general south-easterly direction, augmented by the Crossowen River and the outflow from Lough Scolban, and eventually discharges to Lower Lough Erne. Approximately 7 km long, the river has a catchment area of 35.5km2 of which around 5% is lake surface. At the ECN site, the river is 2.5-3 metres wide and 30cm deep with a few holding pools around 60cm deep.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
ECN freshwater monitoring is carried out at least once per month
Site Visit Interval
30
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.