Turloughs
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011001608
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2011001608#concept
Variants
- Karstic seasonal lakes
- Limestone lakes, Temporary
- Seasonal lakes, Karstic
- Temporary limestone lakes
- Turlachs
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Earley, John J. Turloughs of County Roscommon, 2010.
- found: Wikipedia, 21 Mar. 2011(A turlough, or turlach, is a unique type of disappearing lake found mostly in limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon. The name comes from the Irish "Tuar", 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 for lake. They are found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas. The features are almost unique to Ireland, althought there is one example in Britain in Llandeilo)
- found: Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences, Aug. 2010:p. 1291 (turloughs (karstic seasonal lakes); turloughs are depressions in karstic areas that flood seasonally)
- found: Annals of botany, July 2002:p. 707 (turloughs (temporary limestone lakes))
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Change Notes
- 2011-03-31: new
- 2011-05-10: revised
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