page_title: Turlough (lake)
hierarchical_section_title: Turlough (lake)
caption_attribution_description: The turlough at Carran, County Clare, Ireland, photographed in late May 2005 after a spell of wet weather.Plantsurfer 22:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: 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 tur, meaning "dry", with the suffix -lach, meaning "a place". 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". The landforms are found in Irish karst areas.
  The features are almost unique to Ireland, although there is one example in Great Britain, Pant-y-Llyn at Cernydd Carmel near 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.
context_section_description: 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 tur, 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". The landforms are found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas.
  The features are almost unique to Ireland, although there is one example in Great Britain, Pant-y-Llyn at Cernydd Carmel near 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.
caption: The turlough at Carran, Co. Clare, Ireland in late May 2005. The water level is high following a spell of wet weather
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