Allt na Coire nan Con - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Allt na Coire nan Con
Short name
UWMN_03
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
Allt na Coire nan Con on UWMN
Site Manager
Don Monteith
Site Description
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network (UK UWMN) site. The Allt na Coire nan Con catchment lies in the Strontian region of western Scotland and drains into the River Polloch, an inflow to Loch Shiel. The catchment covers 817 ha and rises from 10 m at the sampling point to a peak of 756 m in the east. The dominant soil types are subalpine soils, peaty podsols and peat gleys. Peat erosion occurs on the exposed uppermost reaches of the catchment. The underlying geology is primarily schists and gneisses, principally of the Moine series. Approximately 40% of the catchment is covered by mature and maturing coniferous forest (mainly spruce and larch) through which a number of access tracks have been placed. Some felling and replanting has ...
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2023-07-28 11:07:03

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1988
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network✖ (UWMN_3)The affiliation of this site with "UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)✖The affiliation of this site with "UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
Geographic
1 km
3000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 56.7592 Longitude: -5.61074

Size
ca. 817.00ha
Elevation (average)
380.00msl
Elevation (min)
10.00msl
Elevation (max)
756.00msl
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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
6.60°C
Precipitation Annual
2600.00mm
Geology
Schists; gneiss
Vegetation
Conifers; moorland
Soils
Peaty podsols; peat gleys; peats
Hydrology
The Allt na Coire nan Con catchment lies in the Strontian region of western Scotland and drains into the River Polloch, an inflow to Loch Shiel. The catchment covers 817 ha and rises from 10 m at the sampling point to a peak of 756 m in the east.
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 storage » Relational database
Equipment notes
Accommodation in nearby villages
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Chemistry sampled monthly. Biological measurements made annually
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
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