Land cover change in Scotland
| Rough Grassland | Intermediate Grassland | Smooth Grassland | Blanket Mire | Lowland Mire | Heather Moorland | Lochs | Canals | Reservoirs | Ditches | Rivers | Marginal Inundation | Streams | Wet Ground | Built Land | Quarry | Recreational Land | Rock/Cliff | Transport Corridor | Bare Ground | Tracks | Bracken | Low Scrub | Tall Scrub | Arable | Broadleaved Woodland | Coniferous Woodland | Mixed Woodland | Young Plantation | Broadleaved Plantation | Coniferous Plantation | Parkland | Felled Woodland | Hedgerows | Line of Trees |
Results - Feature - FreshWater
Lochs
Irregularly shaped expanse of standing water without evidence of impounding.
- 1940s baseline - about 1.5% of the area of Scotland
- 1940s-1980s change - reduction of 10%
- Dynamics of change - reduction mainly due to conversion to reservoirs
- 1980s outcome - about 1.4% of the area of Scotland