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| − | '''Loch Ness''' is the largest lake in [[Great Britain]]. | + | '''Loch Ness''' is the largest lake in [[Great Britain]], being 23 miles long, one mile wide, and almost 900 feet deep in places. |
| − | It is 23 miles long, one mile wide, and almost 900 feet deep in places thus making a full search of the lake unfeasible.
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| | Geologists believe that the present day Loch Ness dates from the end of the [[Ice Age]].<ref>According to secular scientists, this lasted 20,000 years and finished 10,000 years ago, and was the most recent of several. According to creationary scientists, the Ice Age lasted a few hundred years, and occurred in the centuries following [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]]</ref> | | Geologists believe that the present day Loch Ness dates from the end of the [[Ice Age]].<ref>According to secular scientists, this lasted 20,000 years and finished 10,000 years ago, and was the most recent of several. According to creationary scientists, the Ice Age lasted a few hundred years, and occurred in the centuries following [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]]</ref> |
| − | During the ice age, the Great Glen was occupied by a huge glacier which filled the valley above the level of the present watershed, and extended into the Moray Firth. | + | During the ice age, the Great Glen was occupied by a huge [[glacier]] which filled the valley above the level of the present watershed, and extended into the [[Moray Firth]]. |
| − | This glacier found the shattered rock along the fault easy to erode, which accounts for the great depth of Loch Ness to 600 feet below sea-level. | + | This glacier found the shattered rock along the fault easy to erode, which accounts for the great depth of Loch Ness to 600 feet below [[sea level]]. |
| | The underwater perimeter of the lake is glacially smoothed and very steep. | | The underwater perimeter of the lake is glacially smoothed and very steep. |
| − | Above Foyers Bay at the deepest section, there is 500 feet of water only 60 feet out from the bank. | + | Above [[Foyers Bay]] at the deepest section, there is 500 feet of water only 60 feet out from the bank. |
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| − | Loch Ness is most famous for unsubstantiated reports, some fraudulent, of the "[[Loch Ness Monster]]", a large, dinosaur-shaped creature said to inhabit the loch. | + | Loch Ness is most famous for unsubstantiated reports, some fraudulent, of the "[[Loch Ness Monster]]", a large, [[dinosaur]]-shaped creature said to inhabit the loch. The size of the lake makes a full search of the lake unfeasible. |
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| | ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |