freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
Muckno Lake measures about long and wide. It flows out to the Clarebane River, which connects the lake to nearby
Lough Ross
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spell ...
gudgeon
A gudgeon is a socket-like, cylindrical (i.e., ''female'') fitting attached to one component to enable a pivoting or hinging connection to a second component. The second component carries a pintle fitting, the male counterpart to the gudgeon, ...
European eel
The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases.
Eels have been important sources of fo ...
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List of loughs in Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word ''lough'' is pronounced like ''loch'' () and comes from the Irish ''loch'', meaning ''lake''.
According to the Environm ...
References
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{{cite web , url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1166394 , title = Loch Mucnú/Muckno Lake , work = Placenames Database of Ireland , publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University , access-date = 26 December 2015{{Google maps , url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lough+Muckno,+Co.+Monaghan,+Ireland/@54.1123031,-6.701067,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4860ba35c14bbba3:0xfece8f1fcd7e8b17?hl=en , title = Lough Muckno , access-date = 26 December 2015{{cite report , last1 = Free , first1 = Gary , last2 = Little , first2 = Ruth , last3 = Tierney , first3 = Deirdre , last4 = Donnelly , first4 = Karol , last5 = Caroni , first5 = Rossana , name-list-style = amp , url = https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/water/Final-Report-(2000-FS1-M1).pdf#page=18 , title = A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes , date = 2006 , pages = 12 , publisher =
Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting and improving the environment as a valuable asset for the people of Ireland. It operates independently under the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
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, access-date = 12 October 2022{{cite web , url = http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Muckno_report_2012.pdf , title = Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive Lough Muckno , publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland , date = August 2012 , access-date = 26 December 2015Muckno