Lough Owel

Lough Owel
Loch Uail (Irish)
Lough Owel is located in island of Ireland
Lough Owel
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Westmeath
Coordinates53°34′23″N 7°23′18″W / 53.57306°N 7.38833°W / 53.57306; -7.38833
Lake typeGlacial lake
Primary outflowsRiver Brosna
Catchment area32.15 km2 (12.41 sq mi)
Basin countriesIreland
Max. length6 km (3.7 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)
Surface area10.22 km2 (3.95 sq mi)
Max. depth21 m (69 ft)
Surface elevation97 m (318 ft)
Islands6
References[1][2]
Designated7 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Fish Stock Survey of Lough Owel" (PDF). Inland Fisheries Ireland. September 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Lough Owel". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. ^ "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.