L9430 : Tidal channel

near to Nacrimina, Bealadangan and Tooreengarve, Galway, Ireland

Tidal channel
Tidal channel
The outflow from Loch Fhada is a very deep channel through the peat bog between hummocky granite outcrops. Salt water pushes up the channel during unusually high tides, but is slowly flushed out by fresh water during lower tidal periods. A most interesting environment.
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year taken
2009
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L9430, 6 images   (more nearby)
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Geograph
Date Taken
Wednesday, 29 July, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 2 October, 2009
Category
Tidal inlet   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! L 9436 3085 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.0569N 9:35.1534W
Photographer Location
Irish: geotagged! L 9436 3085
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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