Blue Lough - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Blue Lough
Short name
UWMN_21
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
Blue Lough on UWMN
Site Manager
Don Monteith
Site Description
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network (UK UWMN) site. Blue Lough is a small (1.9 ha) circular lake lying at 340 m altitude. The lough has no discrete inflow and drains through a Sphagnum bog to a tributary of the Annalong River. The bathymetry reveals a shallow concentric basin offset to the east, with a maximum depth of 5 m. Blue Lough is situated in a col between the Silent Valley and Annalong Valley in the Mourne Mountains of south-eastern Northern Ireland, very close to Bencrom River. The catchment is small (48 ha), but is steep and rugged, reaching a maximum altitude of 703 m. The solid geology of the catchment consists of granite which is exposed as bare rock and scree on the steep backwall and is covered with thin and often ...
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2023-07-28 11:07:44

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1990
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network✖ (UWMN_21)The affiliation of this site with "UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Projects
ICP Waters
Geographic
Marker
200 km
100 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1585 Longitude: -5.96875

Size
ca. 48.00ha
Elevation (average)
340.00msl
Elevation (min)
340.00msl
Elevation (max)
340.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Fresh Water Lakes
Ecosystem Type
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Small lakes
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.70°C
Precipitation Annual
1600.00mm
Geology
Granite
Vegetation
Bare rock, scree and eroded peat characterise the catchment, but elsewhere the vegetation is dominated by Calluna which in places is mature and in others has been intensively burnt.
Soils
Eroded blanket peat, peaty podsols and peaty gleys
Hydrology
Blue Lough is a small (1.9 ha) circular lake lying at 340 m altitude. The lough has no discrete inflow and drains through a Sphagnum bog to a tributary of the Annalong River. The bathymetry reveals a shallow concentric basin offset to the east, with a maximum depth of 5 m.
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
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 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
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
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You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.