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Neagh, Lough
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Neagh, Lough

Lake in Northern Ireland, 25 km/15 mi west of Belfast; area 396 sq km/153 sq mi. It is the largest lake in the British Isles, being 27 km/17 mi long, 16 km/10 mi wide, with an average depth of 12 m/39 ft. The shores are mostly flat and marshy; there are a few islands of which Ram's Island is the largest, on which is an early round tower. The lake is famous for trout and eel fishing, and breeding waterbirds.

Lough Neagh is fed by the rivers Blackwater, Ballinderry, and Upper Bann, and is drained north to the Atlantic through the Lower Bann.



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