River Cree - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
River Cree
Short name
R18
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Site Manager
Andrew Sier [Primary ECN contact]
Site Description
UK ECN site. The River Cree has a catchment area of 515.7km2, much of which is afforested, and a total river length of 57.5km. It has become one of the most acidic catchments in SW Scotland, with pH values as low as 5.0 being recorded occasionally. The raises concerns about its ability to meet the EC requirements for freshwater fisheries and about the survival of the salmon fishery. There are many sewage effluent discharges entering the river along its course, most of which have small flow rates; the largest discharge is from Newton Stewart. In the early 1980's, large stretches of the river were subject to excessive weed growth, believed to be due to the aerial application of fertilisers over large tracts of forest. The mean pH at ...
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2023-09-01 15:09:47

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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_035)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
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River Cree
River Cree
Geographic
5 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 54.95273 Longitude: -4.477349

Size
ca. 0.00ha
Elevation (average)
425.00msl
Elevation (min)
12.00msl
Elevation (max)
840.00msl
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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
8.21°C
Precipitation Annual
1508.60mm
Vegetation
Much of the catchment is afforested
Hydrology
There are many sewage effluent discharges entering the river along its course, most of which have small flow rates; the largest discharge is from Newton Stewart.
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
Access Type
regular car
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
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