Lettercraffroe 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
Lettercraffroe Lough measures about long and wide. It is located about southwest of
Oughterard
Oughterard () is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The population of the town in 2016 was 1,318. It is located about northwest of Galway on the N5 ...
and about northwest of
Galway city.
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Natural history
Fish species in Lettercraffroe Lough include roach, brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
and three-spined stickleback.[ Lettercraffroe Lough 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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[{{Google maps , url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lettererafroe+Lough,+Co.+Galway,+Ireland/@53.3807291,-9.4280484,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x485bc8116481c87b:0xbee1bb0383255941?hl=en , title = Lettererafroe Lough , access-date = 11 January 2016]
[{{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) , access-date = 11 October 2022]
[{{cite web , url = http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Lettercraffroe_report_2013.pdf , title = Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Lettercraffroe Lough , publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland , date = September 2013 , access-date = 11 January 2016]
[{{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 = 11 January 2016]
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