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River E
The River E is a river in the Highlands of Scotland. It begins in the north-west of the Monadh Liath, to the south-east of Loch Ness. It runs in a north-westerly direction for about 10 km, before flowing into Loch Mhòr. The river has a catchment area of which has an annual rainfall of around giving an average flow around . Flow of the neighbouring River Fechlin is diverted into the River E. The Fechlin aqueduct was constructed as part of the Foyers pumped-storage hydropower scheme in the 1970s, and can divert up to of water, which discharges into the River E over a series of energy dissipating weirs. The aqueduct outflow is approximately upstream of Loch Mhòr. The river has a small hydro-electric scheme. This run-of-the-river scheme has a capacity of 3MW and is operated by RWE Npower. Construction of the scheme began in 2006, and it was commissioned in 2007. It has a single weir across the River E at an elevation of just over , with a catchment area of . The scheme has a hydraulic head of , with water transferred to the powerhouse via an glass-reinforced plastic pipe approx. long. Power is generated by a twin-jet horizontal-axis Pelton turbine. The River E is among the shortest place names in the world.
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The River E is a river in the Highlands of Scotland. It begins in the north-west of the Monadh Liath, to the south-east of Loch Ness. It runs in a north-westerly direction for about 10 km, before flowing into Loch Mhòr. The river has a catchment area of which has an annual rainfall of around giving an average flow around . Flow of the neighbouring River Fechlin is diverted into the River E. The Fechlin aqueduct was constructed as part of the Foyers pumped-storage hydropower scheme in the 1970s, and can divert up to of water, which discharges into the River E over a series of energy dissipating weirs. The aqueduct outflow is approximately upstream of Loch Mhòr. The river has a small hydro-electric scheme. This run-of-the-river scheme has a capacity of 3MW and is operated by RWE Npower. Construction of the scheme began in 2006, and it was commissioned in 2007. It has a single weir across the River E at an elevation of just over , with a catchment area of . The scheme has a hydraulic head of , with water transferred to the powerhouse via an glass-reinforced plastic pipe approx. long. Power is generated by a twin-jet horizontal-axis Pelton turbine. The River E is among the shortest place names in the world.
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