Rivers in Scotland - Shared Names

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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