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Loch Airigh Na Beinne
Loch Airigh na Beinne is a mountain lochan (small loch) in Assynt, Scotland, roughly 2km southwest of Unapool. The lochan sits on the northeast slopes of Assynt's iconic Quinag, resting on a bed of Lewisian gneiss. Its name means "Loch of the Mountain Shieling" in Scottish Gaelic. A 2020 survey of the loch found several Aquatic plant, aquatics "typically found in such acid waters", including the Nymphaea alba, white water-lily, Lobelia dortmanna, water lobelia, Schoenoplectus lacustris, bulrush, and Isolepis fluitans, floating spike-rush. Surveyors also found evidence of Agrypnia (caddisfly), caddisfly and Lasiocampa quercus, northern eggar populations. References Lakes of Scotland Geography of Scotland {{Scotland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of ' literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. During the 18th and early 19th centuries the population of the Highlands rose to around 300,000, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
