Feorlin is an impounding

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

located 2 kilometres west of

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. The loch is part of the

Lochgair Lochgair () is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village. In fiction Lochgair is one of the main settings of Iain Banks's 1992 nov ...

Hydroelectric Scheme. The rockfill dam is 4.19 metres high and was completed in 1964. When not diverted for hydroelectric purposes, the loch feeds a tributary of the

River Add The River Add ( gd, Abhainn Àd) is a river which runs through Argyll and Bute on the West of Scotland. Historically, it was known as the river Airigh but to avoid confusion with the ''Aray'' (which gives its name to Inveraray), it was renamed t ...

. Loch Feorlin feeds Loch Glashan when diverted but when not diverted the floodwater or water drains into Abhainn Bheag An Tunns and the River Add Loch Feorlin

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"Argyll and Bute Council Reservoirs Act 1975 Public Register"
Reservoirs in Argyll and Bute {{Scotland-stub

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