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Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor, Scotland.
Rannoch
region, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rannoch, geographic region in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, composed mainly of moorland and lochs (lakes). The region includes Loch Rannoch, part of the Tummel-Ericht hydroelectric scheme, and, south of the loch, Rannoch Moor, a bleak windswept area of 20 square miles (52 square km) of heather and peat bog with a few surviving pines, relics of the original Caledonian Forest of Scotland. The northeast section of the moor is a nature reserve.
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