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The Spey is the longest stretch of river in Scotland bearing the same name throughout, though that does include Loch Insh. River Clyde: 158 kilometres (98 mi) 168.4 kilometres (104.6 mi) The river length is measured to Dumbarton Rock, the estuary to the Firth of Clyde at Ardmore Point. River Tweed: 162 kilometres (101 mi) 162 kilometres (101 mi)
Á is Icelandic for "river". Ά, an eco-hippie community in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina [citation needed] D, a river in Oregon, United States. It was also formerly believed to be the world's shortest river. E, a mountain in Hokkaidō, Japan; E, a river in the Highlands of Scotland; É, an ancient name for Dadu River in Sichuan, China [1]
River Tweed (5 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Rivers of the Scottish Borders" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Bridges in Scotland by river (8 C) C. River Clyde (5 C, 58 P) I. River islands of Scotland (15 P) L. River Lossie (1 C) T. River Tay (2 C, 7 P)
The two lochs together cover an area of 19.3 km 2 (7.5 sq mi) [18] but have a volume of only 0.047 km 3 (0.011 cu mi) as they are so shallow; Loch of Stenness has a maximum depth of 5.2 metres (17 ft). Although flow between the two lochs and the sea can be observed, the water levels only change slightly with the movements of the tide.
The word also occurs in Manx in the form Inver. [3] Place-names with inver are very common throughout Scotland, where they outnumber aber-names by about 3:1. They are most common throughout the Western Highlands and the Grampians, the largest town containing the element being Inverness.
All or almost all rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article provides known alternative names for all major European rivers.
large brook, large stream, small river Bournemouth, Melbourne, Bourne, Eastbourne, [15] Ashbourne, Blackburn, Bannockburn, Goulburn: cf. Ger. -born as in Herborn. The word "burn" is still in common use in Scotland in this sense. brad OE broad Bradford [16] prefix bre [1] C, W, K hill Bredon, Carn Brea: prefix bryn; also brin and bren C, K, P, W ...