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1SpeyThe River Spey is in the northern part of central Scotland. Its mouth is on the north facing coast of central Scotland, about 45 miles to the east of Inverness. This is between Lossiemouth and Buckie.
2AvonThe River Avon is in the north part of central Scotland and is a tributary of the River Spey, the confluence being 12 miles down the Spey from Grantown-on-Spey.
3FindhornThe Findhorn flows into the Moray Firth near Forres on the north facing coast of central Scotland. Forres is approximately 25 miles east of Inverness
4NessThe River Ness is in the northern part of central Scotland and joins Loch Ness to the sea. The mouth of the river is at Inverness.
5OichThe River Oich is part of the Ness system in central Scotland. It flows into the south-west end of Loch Ness at Fort Augustus, starting at Loch Oich.
6GarryThe River Garry joins the River Tummel at Faskally which then joins the Tay. The source is Loch Garry above Dalnaspidal.
7BeaulyThe Beauly River enters the Beauly Firth at Beauly approximately 8 miles west of Inverness. Its source is well to the west above Loch Affric.
8CononThe River Conan is on the east coast of northern Scotlan. The mouth of the river is 2 miles south of Dingwall, which is 13 miles north-west of Inverness.
9OykelThe River Oykel is in northern Scotland. Its mouth is in the Kyle of Sutherland, near Bonar Bridge, about 30 miles north of Inverness.
10CassleyThe River Cassley is on the east coast of northern Scotland. It is a tributary of the Oykel, the mouth of which is near Invershin, 3 miles up the Kyle of Sutherland from Bonar Bridge. This is 30 miles due north of Inverness.
11ShinThe River Shin is a tributary of the Oykel where it enters the Kyle of Sutherland.
12BroraThe Brora River is on the east coast of northern Scotland and flows into the North Sea at the village of Brora, which is 35 miles due north of Inverness.
13HelmsdaleThe River Helmsdale is on the east coast of northern Scotland and flows into the North Sea at the town of Helmsdale.
14ThursoThe River Thurso is in the north-east corner of Scotland, in Caithness. Its mouth is at Thurso on the north coast.
15HalladaleThe River Halladale is in the north-east of Scotland. Its mouth is at Melvich, 16 miles west of Thurso.
16StrathyThe River Strathy is on the north coast of Scotland and enters the sea at the village of Strathy about 19 miles west of Thurso.
17NaverThe River Naver is on the north coast of Scotland and enters the sea at Bettyhill about 30 miles west of Thurso.
18Hope & StrathmoreThe River Hope is in the north-west corner of Scotland. It drains Loch Hope into the sea about 15 miles east of Cape Wrath. The Strathmore River drains into Loch Hope.
19DionardThe River Dionard is in the north-west corner of Scotland. The mouth of the river is at the Kyle of Durness, slightly to the west of Durness.
20AweThe River Awe is on the west coast of Scotland, 15 miles east of Oban. The river connects Loch Awe to the sea-Loch Etive. The mouth of the river is at Taynuilt.
21ClydeThe River Clyde enters the sea at Glasgow and begins at the Daer Reservoir 3 miles west of Moffat. It is the third longest in Scotland.
22AyrThe River Ayr is on the west coast of southern Scotland about 30 south of Glasgow and enters the Firth of Clyde at the town of Ayr.
23DoonThe River Doon is in south-west Scotland. The mouth is in the south part of the town of Ayr.
24GirvanThe River Girvan enters the sea at Girvan, about 20 miles down the coast from Ayr on the south-west coast of Scotland.
25StincharThe River Stinchar is in the south-west of Scotland. Its mouth is at Ballantrae which is about 15 miles north of Stranraer.
26LuceThe River Luce, sometimes called the Water of Luce is in south-west Scotland and enters the sea, Luce Bay, at Glenluce 4 miles east of Stranraer.
27BladnochThe River Bladnoch is in south-west Scotland. The water is 5 miles south-west of Newton Stewart, which is between Stranraer and Dumfries.
28CreeThe River Cree is in south-west Scotland. The river flows through Newton Stewart which is between Stranraer and Dumfries and into Wigtown Bay.
29FleetThe River Fleet is in south-west Scotland, near Dumfries. Its mouth is at Gatehouse-of-Fleet, which is approximately 30 miles south-west of Dumfries on the south facing coast.
30DeeThe River Dee is in south-west Scotland and enters the sea at Kirkcudbright.
31UrrThe Urr Water is in south-west Scotland and enters the sea at Kippford.
32NithThe River Nith is in south-west Scotland flowing through Dumfries and entering the Solway Firth.
33AnnanThe River Annan is in south-west Scotland entering the sea at Annan, 15 miles east of Dumfries on the Solway Firth.
34Border EskThe Border Esk is on the southern border of Scotland where it enters the Solway Firth near Gretna. It is formed by the meeting of the Black Esk and the White Esk near Bailiehill. It commences as a Scottish river, enters England and passes through Longtown and returns as the border at Gretna.
35TweedThe River Tweed is in the Borders region of southern Scotland. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-on-Tweed on the east coast, about 50 miles east-south-east of Edinburgh.
36ForthThe River Forth flows into the Firth of Forth, on the banks of which stands Edinburgh, flowing through Stirling from the west.
37EarnThe River Earn is in central Scotland. Its mouth is in the Firth of Tay, passing through the Bridge of Earn about 5 miles east of Perth.
38TayThe River Tay is in central Scotland flowing through Perth into the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland. It is the longest river in Scotland at 117 miles and originates on the slopes of Ben Lui
39DochartThe River Dochart is in central Scotland and flows into the west end of Loch Tay, at the village of Killin together with the Lochay.
40LochayThe River Lochay is in central Scotland and flows into the west end of Loch Tay, at the village of Killin together with the Dochart.
41LyonThe River Lyon is a tributary of the Tay in central Scotland. It joins the Tay just below Loch Tay, about 5 miles upstream of Aberfeldy.
42TummelThe Tummel is a tributary of the River Tay in central Scotland. The rivers meet 5 miles south-east of Pitlochry. Its source is Loch Rannoch well to the west.
43FleetThe Sutherland Fleet enters Loch Fleet at The Mound south of Golspie and gains the sea at Little Ferry. Its source is in the outskirts of Lairg.
44ErichtThe River Ericht is in central Scotland and is part of the Tay system. The Ericht is a tributary of the Isla which then flows into the Tay. The Ericht flows through Blairgowrie which is 16 miles north of Perth.
45IslaThe River Isla is in central Scotland and flows into the Tay near Meikleour. Its source is east of Glenshee.
46South EskThe South Esk enters the sea at Montrose and rises in Loch Esk in the Grampians.
47North EskThe mouth of the North Esk is 3 miles north of Montrose, on the east coast of Scotland between Aberdeen and Dundee. It is formed by the confluence of the Water of Mark and The Water of Lee.
48DeeThe Aberdeenshire Dee is on the east coast of central Scotland and enters the sea at Aberdeen. It has the highest source of any river in the United Kingdom rising on the Braeriach plateau in the Cairngorms.
49DonThe River Don is in the east of Scotland entering the sea just north of Aberdeen. Its source is in the Grampians near Glen Avon.
50YthanThe River Ythan is on the east coast of central Scotland. Its mouth is 20 miles north of Aberdeen whilst its source is at the Wells of Ythan.
51DeveronThe River Deveron is in the nort-east part of central Scotland. The mouth of the river is at Banff, on the north facing coast of Scotland. Its source is in the Ladder Hills in the Grampians.
52CarronThe Carron flows into the sea halfway between the Kyle of Sutherland and the Dornoch Firth near Bonar Bridge. This 30 miles due north of Inverness. Its source is only 5 miles from Loch Broom on the west coast joining the Alladale River.