Loch Ness 6

Loch is the Scottish Gaelic word for 'lake'

Loch Ness is in the south of Scotland not far from Inverness.

The loch is 230 m deep - it's the second deepest loch in England - 36 km long and nearly 3 km wide.

There's more water in Loch Ness than all the water in all the lakes in Europe.

The weather around the loch changes quickly.

It's easy to think you see something in the water.

When it's foggy, the fog sits on the loch and it's possible to see the Loch Ness monster in the lake.

One minute it's sunny, the next it's cloudy, the next there's a bit of rain, and then it's sunny again. It can be a windy place, too.

The story of the Loch Ness Monster, or 'Nessie', started about 1,500 years ago.

Then people called it a giant water bird.

In the 1950s, a new road beside the loch brought more people to the area and more people started to see more strange things

In fact, over 1,000 people think they saw a strange fish in the loch.