Loch Tarsan

Loch Tarsan
Loch Tarsan.
Location Glen Lean, Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Coordinates 56°00′39″N 5°05′11″W / 56.010914°N 5.0863659°W / 56.010914; -5.0863659Coordinates: 56°00′39″N 5°05′11″W / 56.010914°N 5.0863659°W / 56.010914; -5.0863659, National grid reference NS 07692 84075
Type Reservoir.
Primary inflows Corrachaive Glen
Primary outflows Glentarsan Burn
Basin countries Scotland, United Kingdom.
Surface area 1,100,000 m2 (12,000,000 sq ft)
Surface elevation 121 m (397 ft)

Loch Tarsan; is a freshwater loch and is an impounding reservoir located 13 kilometres Northwest of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. This three-armed Reservoir extends into both Glen Tarsan and Glen Lean. It supplies water to the Striven Hydro-Electric Scheme (also known as the Cowal Hydro-Electric Power Scheme). The larger of the two dams is 17.6 metres high and was completed in 1953.

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