Does a loch run into the sea?

Answer 1

Only if it's a '|Sea Loch'. eg. Campbeltown Loch, Loch Linnie, Loch Etive and many more.

Answer 2

If the word "loch" is taken as the Scottish spelling of lake, then given the high levels of precipitation in the whole of Scotland then every loch "runs into the sea" in that there will be an outflow ( a river) which the excess water moves out from, and this will eventually in all cases reach the sea.

The only lakes that do not have an outflow would be in areas of much lower precipitation, e.g. desert conditions such as Etosha Pan (Namibia) and the Aral Sea (Uzbekistan / Kazakhstan).

Answer 3

Its a two way thing. Lock, sea; sea, loch. Loch is Gaelic for lake' some do, some don't; you pick the loch and there's the answer

Answer 4

yes, a "sea loch" they are called.

Many lochs have rivers that run into the sea- Lomond for instance.

Mainly they are surrounded by land though.

Answer 5

this is been proved repeatedly that there is not any such element. Scientists have probed,despatched down submersibles, dragged the loch from one end to a distinctive, used ultrasound and sonar, and area-scanning radar and located surely no longer something. A committed crew have been scanning the loch 24 hours an afternoon, for 25 years now, devoid of consequence. that's impossible for the loch's surroundings to assist animals of this length. besides, one would not exist via itself, it would require a minimum breeding colony as a fashion to stay to tell the tale. you may think of that they may well be considered and photographed on an very almost each and on a daily basis foundation, relatively of the ordinary fuzzy, vague photos that very specially circumstances come to mild. the parable is perpetuated via canny locals to whom that's a relentless and worthwhile sourse of money from gullible travelers. Nessie is an marketplace, lots extra advantageous than ever a fact. in spite of the indisputable fact that, I as quickly as camped by myself, for 2 nights on the seashores of Loch Ness, and that i'm able to assure you, the ambience became enormously creepy.

Answer 6

Where I'm from (Seattle, WA) a loch usually divides a body of fresh water from a body of salt water. Boats go through a gate into a holding area ( a loch ). The holding area water is usually at a different elevation than where the boat is going (ie lower or higher than the lake) The holding area is filled, or drained, to the same height as the destination water and the second gate is opened so the boat can go through!

I don't know if this is what you mean, but here it is!

Answer 7

Your question tweaked my interest enough to go look at wiki,
here's the answer-

A loch (usually Lough as a name element outside Scotland) is a body of water which is either:

* a lake or;
* a sea inlet, which may be also a firth, fjord, estuary or bay.

Sea-inlet lochs are often called sea lochs.

This name for a body of water is Gaelic[1] in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland. For a list, see List of Scottish lochs.

As a name element Loch has become Lough for many bodies of water in Ireland and for some in the north of England. However, reference to these as lochs or loughs (lower case initial), rather than as lakes, inlets and so on, is unusual. For lists, see List of Irish loughs and List of English loughs.

Although there is no strict size definition, a small loch is often known as a lochan (so spelled also in Scottish Gaelic; in Irish it is spelled lochán).

Perhaps the most famous Scottish loch is Loch Ness, although there are other large examples such as Loch Awe, Loch Lomond and Loch Tay.

Examples of sea lochs in Scotland include Loch Long, Loch Fyne, Loch Linnhe, Loch Eriboll.

Some new reservoirs for hydroelectric schemes have been given names faithful to the names for natural bodies of water - for example: the Loch Sloy scheme, and Lochs Laggan and Treig (which form part of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme near Fort William). Other expanses are simply called reservoirs, eg: Blackwater Reservoir above Kinlochleven.

Scotland has only one natural water body actually called a lake, the Lake of Menteith, an Anglicisation of the Scots Laich o Menteith meaning a "low-lying bit of land in Menteith", and applied to the loch there because of the similarity of the sounds of the words laich and lake. The Lake of the Hirsel is a reservoir. Most Scots will be quick to correct anyone who refers to "lochs" as "lakes".

The word "loch" is used as a shibboleth to identify natives of England, because the hard "ch" sound is used in Scotland whereas the English pronounce the word like "lock".

Answer 8

Not necessarily. A loch is the Scottish word for lake. Some lakes are land-locked, and others are the sources of rivers.

Answer 9

the sea runs into loch ness but not all lochs

Answer 10

Absolutely no idea....except I'd imagine it was the sea going into the loch...