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LOUGH, lake of the counties Galway and Mayo, the second largest in Ireland. Lying only 30 feet above sea-level, it is of very irregular shape, 25 miles long from N. W. to S.
E., and 1 to 6 broad, with an area of 68 square miles. From its S. end, 4 miles N. of Galway, it discharges its surplus waters by Galway river into Galway bay. It receives the waters of Lough Mask, at its N. end, through the Pigeon Hole and other caves, as well as those of the Clare and other smaller rivers.
It contains many islets, and to the W. are mountains 3,000 feet high, while near it are many stone-circles.
CORRIENTES (kor-yen'tēs), a province of the Argentine Republic, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, extending from Entre Rios to Misiones territory, with an area of 33,535 square miles. The surface is generally flat, with numerous lakes and swamps, but has undulating stretches along the Paraná and in the E., and is heavily wooded in parts. Lake Ibera, a group of lakes and swamps covering some 1,800 square miles, is surrounded with a jungle, in which the tacuara bamboo (30 feet) is conspicuous; and here jaguars and alligators abound. The mean temperature (72° F.) is the highest in the republic, and the extremes (44°-98°) are not so excessive. As in Paraguay, Guarani is the common language, Spanish being employed only by the official and educated classes. Cattle-raising is the chief occupation; agriculture is very backward. Pop. about 350,000. The capital, Corrientes, is almost hidden among orange-groves, 15 miles below the confluence of the Paraná and the Paraguay, and takes its name from seven currents formed by points of rock above the city; vessels of nine feet draught can reach the town at all seasons. Steamers from Buenos Aires (832 miles) touch here. Pop. about 30,000.