Shared Names
A number of Scottish rivers have identical or very similar names which can be a source of confusion. These are some of the main ones. The symbol '>' is used here to signify 'tributary of':
Ale
- Ale Water ( > Eye Water, Eyemouth); Ale Water ( > Tweed)
Allan
- Allan Water ( > Forth); Allan Water ( > Teviot > Tweed)
Almond
- River Almond (Lothian); River Almond ( > Tay)
Avon
- River Avon (Falkirk); River Avon ( > Spey); Avon Water ( > Clyde)
Ba
- River Ba (Mull); River Bà (Rannoch Moor)
Bannock Burn
- Bannock Burn ( > River Helmsdale); Bannock Burn ( > Forth)
Barr
- Barr River (Morvern); Barr River ( > River Laggan, Islay); Barr Water (Kintyre)
Black Burn
- Black Burn - commonly occurring including Lossie, Tweed, Water of Luce
Black Water
- Black Water -very frequent
Calder
- River Calder ( > Spey, Highand); North Calder Water ( > Clyde); South Calder Water ( > Clyde)
Carron
- River Carron (Forth); River Carron (Sutherland); River Carron (Wester Ross); Carron Water (Aberdeenshire); Carron Water ( > Nith)
Conon
- River Conon (Skye); River Conon ( > Cromarty Firth)
Dee
- River Dee, Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen); River Dee (Galloway)
Dibidal, Dibidil
- Dibidal River (Skye); Dibidil River (Rùm)
Dorback
- Dorback Burn ( > Nethy > Spey); Dorback Burn ( > Findhorn)
Douglas
- Douglas Water ( > Clyde); Douglas Water (Loch Lomond); Douglas Water (Loch Fyne)
Eden
- Eden Water (Tweed); River Eden (Fife)
Elrick
- Elrick Burn (Don); Elrick Burn (Findhorn)
Enrick, Endrick
- River Endrick (Loch Lomond); River Enrick (Loch Ness)
Esk, North Esk, South Esk
- River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway ('Border Esk'), River Esk, Lothian (Lothian); River North Esk; River North Esk (Lothian); River South Esk; River South Esk (Lothian)
Gala
- Gala Lane (Loch Doon); Gala Water ( > Tweed)
Garry
- River Garry (Loch Oich); River Garry ( > Tummel > Tay)
Glass
- River Glass (Easter Ross); River Glass, Strathglass ( > Beauly)
Glenmore
- Glenmore River; Glenmore River
Isla
- River Isla ( > Deveron); River Isla ( > Tay)
Kilmory
- Kilmory River (Rùm); Kilmory Water
Kinglas, Kinglass
- Kinglas Water; River Kinglass
Kinloch
- Kinloch River (Rùm); Kinloch River; Kinloch River
Ledmore
- Ledmore River (Kirkaig); Ledmore River (Mull)
Leven
- River Leven (Argyll); River Leven ( > Clyde); River Leven, Fife (Fife)
Lochy, Lochay
- River Lochay (Tay); River Lochy (Great Glen); River Lochy (Awe)
Lunan
- Lunan Burn (Tay); Lunan Water
Lyne
- River Lyne (Border Esk); Lyne Water (Tweed)
Machrie
- Machrie River (Islay); Machrie Water (Arran)
Meggat, Megget
- Meggat Water ( > Border Esk); Megget Water ( > Tweed)
Mor (This is merely a Gaelic adjective meaning "large" or "great")
- Abhainn Mór (Arran); Abhainn Mor (Kirkaig)
Shiel
- River Shiel (Loch Shiel); River Shiel ( > Loch Duich)
Tarf, Tarff
- Tarf Water ( > Tilt > Garry > Tummel >Tay); Tarf Water ( > River Bladnoch (Galloway)); Tarff Water ( > River Dee, Galloway); River Tarff, Fort Augustus ( > Loch Ness); Water of Tarf ( > River North Esk,Angus/Aberdeenshire )
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