| Lough Owel | |
|---|---|
| Loch Uail (Irish) | |
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  Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Westmeath |
| Coordinates | 53°34′23″N 7°23′18″W / 53.57306°N 7.38833°W |
| Lake type | Glacial lake |
| Primary outflows | River Brosna |
| Catchment area | 32.15 km2 (12.41 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Max. length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Surface area | 10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Islands | 6 |
| References | [1][2] |
| Designated | 7 June 1996 |
| Reference no. | 851[3] |
Lough Owel (Irish: Loch Uail)[4] is a mesotrophic lough in the Midlands of Ireland, situated north of Mullingar, the county town of Westmeath. It has a maximum depth of 21 metres (69 ft).[2] Water from Lough Owel feeds the Royal Canal, a canal crossing Ireland from Dublin to the River Shannon. The lake is close to the N4 primary road.
- ^ 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. 13. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Fish Stock Survey of Lough Owel" (PDF). Inland Fisheries Ireland. September 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Lough Owel". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Loch Uail/Lough Owel". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 April 2020.