Loch Tarsan
Loch Tarsan | |
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Loch Tarsan. | |
Location | Glen Lean, Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
Coordinates | 56°00′39″N 5°05′11″W / 56.010914°N 5.0863659°WCoordinates: 56°00′39″N 5°05′11″W / 56.010914°N 5.0863659°W, 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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