Facility
Scoat Tarn catchment

Scoat Tarn in the English Lake District is a typical mountain corrie lake, being small and deep with an area of 5.2 ha and a maximum depth of 20 m. The lake lies in a west facing valley at an altitude of 602 m, and drains into Wastwater via the Nether Beck. The catchment comprises a small corrie (95 ha) with steeply sloping walls and three summits in excess of 825 m. The bedrock is Ordivician tuff (undifferentiated) of the Borrowdale Volcanic series and the local soils are mainly shallow, peaty rankers. The eastern slopes are mainly of rock and boulders while to the north are less steep and covered in rough grass and Sphagnum moss. Land use is confined to low intensity sheep grazing. Scoat Tarn is classified as having high acid deposition.

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Facility type
site
Environmental domain
Freshwater

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Lead organisation
Ewan Shilland Ensis Ltd Environmental Change Research Centre Department of Geography, University College London Pearson Building Gower Street LONDON WC1E 6BT UK info@ensis.org.uk +44 (0)20 7436 9248 http://www.ensis.org.uk/

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PUBLIC
Record identifier
45dcbd14-9a26-4970-b47d-eac8a5a98a73
Last modified
2017-08-21 11:20:34
Metadata author
ENSIS
Other identifier
ECN L07