Maumeen Lough is a
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 ...
lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the
Connemara area of
County Galway
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Geography and natural history
Maumeen Lough is located along the
R341 road about south of
Clifden and about west of the village of
Roundstone.
[ The lake is part of the Connemara Bog Complex Special Area of Conservation.][
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See also
*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''.
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References
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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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[{{cite web , url = http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/synopsis/SY002034.pdf , title = Connemara Bog Complex SAC , publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) , access-date = 14 March 2016]
Maumeen
Binn Chaonaigh (Irish for "peak of the moss") is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At , it is the fourth-highest of the Maumturks, the 185th-highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and the 223rd-highest o ...