![]() Turloughs are almost unique to Ireland, although there is one example in Wales, Pant-y-Llyn at Cernydd Carmel near Llandeilo. ![]() As groundwater levels drop the water drains away underground through cracks in the karstic limestone. The water bodies fill and empty with the changes in the level of the water table, usually being very low or empty during summer and autumn and full in the winter. ![]() The name comes from the Irish tur, meaning "dry", and loch, meaning "lake". Type of seasonal or periodic lake found in limestone areas of IrelandĪ turlough (turloch or turlach in Irish ), is a seasonal or periodic water body found mostly in limestone karst areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. ![]()
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