• Catchment Management
• Project Background
• Monitoring
• Soil Descriptions
• Vegetation Descriptions
• Topography
• Allt a' Mharcaidh references
• Deposition Chemistry
  • Bulk deposition chemistry
  • Interception deposition chemistry
• Snow
• Vegetation community composition
• Soil characteristics and chemistry
• Ground water chemistry
• Surface water chemistry
• Automatic Weather Station (CEH)
• Current Research Project
• Management of the Reserve

Allt a' Mharcaidh Catchment

Catchment Topography

General characteristics of the catchment

The main stream, the Allt a' Mharcaidh, drains an area of approximately 10 km2 into the River Feshie, a major tributary to the River Spey. The catchment rises from 325m at the stream gauging station to 1111 m at the summit of Sgoran Dubh Mor (NH 905002).

The catchment is essentially a horseshoe-shaped hanging valley consisting of three distinct geomorphological regions;

1. the valley floor,
2. the valley sides,
3. the upper summit plateau.