In Rivers
No part of Scotland is more than 80.4 kilometres (50 mi) from the sea and as a result Scotland's rivers are neither very wide nor long (although Scotland has many substantial salt water estuaries called firths). These are islands in freshwater, or where indicated, occasionally reached by high tides and in brackish water.
| Local authority | River | OS Grid reference | Islands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeenshire | River Deveron | NJ683625 | Scury Islands |
| Aberdeenshire | River Deveron | NJ637471 | Logg Island |
| Aberdeenshire | River Ythan | NJ998274 | Inch Geck (b) |
| Argyll and Bute | River Shira | NN139153 | Eilean an Eagail |
| Clackmannanshire | River Forth | NS869918 | Alloa Inch (b), Tullibody Inch (b) |
| Dumfries and Galloway | River Annan | NY191692 | Rabbit Island |
| Dumfries and Galloway | River Cree | NX383700 | Cut Island |
| Dumfries and Galloway | River Dee | NX740623 | Threave Island |
| Highland | River Beauly | NH468416 | Eilean Aigas |
| Highland | Black Water | NH438590 | Eilean an Daraich, Contin Island |
| Highland | River Conon | NH533546 | Dunglass Island (b), Moy Island |
| Highland | River Oykel | NC398001 | Eilean Thùrnaig |
| Highland | River Ness | NH663437 | Ness Islands |
| Highland | River Snizort | NG416485 | Island of St Columba |
| Highland | River Spey | NN599937 | Eilean Dubh |
| Highland | River Spey | NN504946 | Eilean Longart |
| Highland | River Spey | NN551937 | Eilean Mhic Rath |
| Moray | River Spey | NJ287450 | Heathery Isle |
| Moray | River Spey | NJ201415 | Island Roary |
| Moray | River Spey | NJ186413 | Stony Island |
| Scottish Borders | Ettrick Water | NT463285 | The Island |
| Scottish Borders | River Tweed | NT907483 | Blount Island |
| Scottish Borders | River Tweed | NT748353 | Sharpitlaw Anna |
| Scottish Borders | River Tweed | NT926495 | St. Thomas's Island |
| South Lanarkshire | River Clyde | NS868438 | Clydesholm |
| Stirling | River Dochart | NN571325 | Inchbuie |
| Perth and Kinross | River Tay | NN998477 | Dowally Island, Woodinch |
| Perth and Kinross | River Tay | NO122222 | Moncrieffe Island (b), Insherrit Island (b), The Scone Isles, The Stanners (b) |
There are several former islands in the Tay, created by natural silting and artificial reclamation including: Big Island, Bloody Inches near Murthly, North Inch and South Inch in Perth, Richards Islands, Sleepless Inch and The Inch near Inchtuthil.
Read more about this topic: Freshwater Islands Of Scotland
Famous quotes containing the word rivers:
“As for evildoers, for them awaits a painful chastisement;
but for those who believe, and do deeds
of righteousness, they shall be admitted
to gardens underneath which rivers flow,
therein dwelling forever,
by the leave of their Lord, their greeting
therein: “Peace!””
—Qur’An. Abraham 14:28 (ed. Arthur J. Arberry, 1955)
“I would watch the funny people make love the way Maupassant said,
my youth allowed me the opportunity to hear all those strange
verbs conjugated in erotic affirmations.”
—Conrad Kent Rivers (1933–1968)