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Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure. Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume.〔Murray and Pullar (1908) ("Lochs of North Uist" ) Pages 188-89, Volume II, Part II. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 December 2009.〕 ==Geography== According to Murray and Pullar (1908) "there is probably no other loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and complexity of outline. It is an extraordinary labyrinth of narrow channels, bays, promontories and islands"〔 The loch is crossed by the main A867 road and the northern and southern portions are "connected by such a small channel under the road that in time of flood the south loch may temporarily rise some feet higher than the other, though normally they are at the same level".〔 Located at , it stretches for over , is over broad in places and has a total shore line of , yet the mean depth is only . The narrow channels leading into some of the elongate arms are often less than in depth. The total area is and the maximum depths are in the north loch and in the south loch.〔 Two very short streams enter Loch Scadavay, conveying the overflow of Loch nan Eun and Loch a' Bhuird. The rivulet Garbh-Abhuinn, the most considerable stream in this part of the island, flows eastward from the north portion of the loch to Loch Garbh-Abhuinn, which drains through Loch Skealtar and Loch nan Geireann into the sea via Loch Maddy.〔 The shoreline is in parts of peat, stones, gravel with boulders, or rock. The easternmost arm of the south loch has precipitous rocky cliffs up to high on both sides.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loch Sgadabhagh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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