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Abhainn Bheag an Tunns, although the flow is diminished because some of it enters aqueducts and pipelines to increase the catchment of Loch Glashan, a much larger reservoir which feeds the Loch Gair power station. The River Add skirts the north-western side of Loch Glashan, passes over
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