River Tweed
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There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed River
The River Tweed (Uisge Thuaidh in Gaelic) (156 kilometres or 97 miles long) flows primarily through the Borders region of Scotland. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying has it. It drains the entire Borders region. Its lower reaches mark the Scottish border with England for 27 kilometres near Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great salmon rivers of Scotland.
Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed, where it flows into the North Sea.
Tweed tributaries include:
- Whiteadder Water
- River Till
- Eden Water
- River Teviot
- Leader Water
- Gala Water
- Ettrick Water
- Leithen Water
- Quair Water
- Eddleston Water
- Manor Water
- Lyne Water
- Holms Water
[edit] See also
- Tweeddale
- Union Bridge
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Both sides the Tweed
- Rutherford, Ruther
[edit] External links
- Map and aerial photo sources for: Tweed's Well and Tweedmouth
| River Tweed, UK | edit | |
| Administrative areas: Scottish Borders, Scotland | Northumberland, England | Flows into: North Sea Towns (upstream to downstream): Peebles | Galashiels | Melrose | St. Boswells | Kelso | Coldstream | Berwick-upon-Tweed Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence): Cor Water | Talla Water | Holms Water | Lyne Water Major bridges (upstream to downstream): Leaderfoot Viaduct | Dryburgh Bridge | Mertoun Bridge | Rennie Bridge |
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| Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Aire 5. Great Ouse 6. Wye 7. Tay 8. Spey 9. Nene 10. Clyde 11. Tweed 12. Eden | ||
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