Scottish Postcard: Welcome to Tarland
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The size of the catchment
Catchment – River Dee - Area: 2,083 km2, Max Elevation = 1304 m - Mean Elevation = 410 m
Tarland Burn is degraded due to diffuse pollution and morphological alterations. The morphological alterations, and the nature of urban development, lead to flooding of low lying houses in Tarland and Aboyne. This is likely to be worse with increased storm events. Over abstraction and low flows is also a potential problem in the future. Read more
More about The Tarland Catchment
Baseline report for Scotland
This report gives an overview of the main ecological, economic, sociological, institutional and climate change aspects impacting on managing water in the catchment. Read the Baseline report for Scotland
Workshop reports
The three reports below summarise the findings from workshops held with three different stakeholder groups during the winter 2009-2010.
Read the workshop report from advisors
Read the workshop report from factors
Read the workshop report from farmers