| Lough Gara | |
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| Loch Uí Ghadhra (Irish) | |
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  Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Sligo, County Roscommon |
| Coordinates | 53°57′N 8°27′W / 53.950°N 8.450°W |
| Catchment area | 499.69 km2 (192.93 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Max. length | 4 mi (6.4 km) |
| Max. width | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
| Surface area | 12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Settlements | Monasteraden |
| References | [1] |
| Designated | 7 June 1996 |
| Reference no. | 852[2] |
Lough Gara (Irish: Loch Uí Ghadhra)[3] is a lake in Counties Sligo and Roscommon, Ireland. It is an Important Bird Area protecting 1,788 ha of which most (1,742 ha) is covered by a Ramsar Site.[4]
- ^ Free, Gary; Little, Ruth; Tierney, Deirdre; Donnelly, Karol & Caroni, Rossana (2006). A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (PDF) (Report). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Lough Gara". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Loch Uí Ghadhra/Lough Gara". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lough Gara". BirdLife International. Retrieved 23 March 2020.