Loch Lomond

Famous Scottish lake

Loch Lomond is a large freshwater lake in Scotland, the largest by surface area in Great Britain.

It lies near Glasgow and is celebrated in the traditional Scottish song "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond," with its refrain about the high road and the low road.

The loch and its surrounding highlands are a popular tourist destination.

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Stirling · Scotland · freshwater · hillwalking · misty mountains · romantic · mountains · bagpipes · heather · Celtic · whisky · Glencoe · mist · tartan · folk song · Scottish wildlife · banks · ballad

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body of water type

Loch Lomondsea inlet

fjord · estuary · tidal waters

landscape character

Loch LomondDeath Valley

Below-sea-level California desert

cultural symbolism

Loch Lomondurban sprawl

Uncontrolled peripheral development

concrete jungle · oil refineries · slag heaps

Family

loch, lochs

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