7001 - Findhorn at Shenachie

Grid Reference:	28 (NH) 826 337
Operator:	SEPA
Local number:	102
Catchment Area:	415.6 km²
Level of Station:	252.4 mOD
Max. Altitude:	941.0 mOD
Mean flow:	13.82 m³s^-1
95% exceedance (Q95):	2.01 m³s^-1
10% exceedance (Q10):	31.32 m³s^-1
61-90 Av. Ann. Rainfall:	1219 mm

Sample Hydrograph of Gauged Daily Flows

Flow Duration Curve for Gauged Daily Flows

Station Description

Velocity-area station; 50m wide river section with a boulder control adequately gauged to bankfull. Flow contained under cableway up to 3.9m. Liable to extremely rapid rises in level. Prior to Jan 1978, station located 700m u/s and cableway 500m d/s of present site. Ratings extrapolated beyond 2.3m. High flow rating revised in 2003. 100% natural runoff with minimal surface storage (but significant winter snow cover).

Catchment Description

Rough pasture and moorland with mountainous headwaters, often snowy in winter, developed on metamorphic bedrock (impermeable; approx. 85% superficial deposits). Extensive blanket peat over long, narrow, steep-sided catchment which is nested within that of station 7002. Some afforestation.

Factors Affecting Runoff

Natural to within 10% at the 95 percentile flow.

River Flow and Catchment Rainfall on the National River Flow Archive

Gauged Daily Flows (gdf):	1960 to 2005
Monthly Catchment Rainfall (rnf):	1960 to 2006

Datatype	1960s										1970s										1980s										1990s										2000s

gdf
rnf

For many stations monthly peak flows are also archived. When daily flow data are not available monthly mean flows may be held on the National River Flow Archive. See Data Holdings for further information.

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