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Turlough (lake)
A turlough, or turlach, is a type of disappearing lake found mostly in limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The name comes from the Irish "tuar", meaning dry, with the suffix "lach", meaning a place (in an abstract sense). The "lach" suffix is often mistakenly spelled and/or thought to refer to the word "loch", the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for lake. They are found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas.
The features are almost unique to Ireland, although there is one example in Great Britain in Llandeilo. They are of great interest to many scientists: geomorphologists are interested in how turloughs were formed, hydrologists try to explain what makes turloughs flood, botanists study the unusual vegetation which covers the turlough floor and zoologists study the animals associated with the turloughs.
== Locations ==
Turloughs are mostly found on the central lowlands west of the Shannon, in counties Galway, Clare, Mayo and Roscommon, although a few are also found elsewhere, e.g. in Limerick, Sligo, Longford and Cork.
Only three turloughs have been identified in Northern Ireland, namely Roosky, Green and Fardrum Loughs located near Ely Lodge Forest in County Fermanagh.〔 〕 These constitute the most northerly turloughs in Ireland and have been collectively designated a Ramsar site〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Northern Ireland Environment Agency )〕 and an Area of Special Scientific Interest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Northern Ireland Environment Agency )〕 There is one turlough in South Wales, Pant y Llyn.
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