River Clyde
| River Clyde | |
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 The River Clyde at Glasgow's Broomielaw
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| Country | Scotland |
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| Counties | South Lanarkshire, Argyll, Ayrshire |
| City | Glasgow |
| Landmarks | Falls of Clyde (waterfalls), Bothwell Castle, Firth of Clyde |
| Source | Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire |
| - coordinates | 55°24′23.8″N 3°39′8.9″W / 55.406611°N 3.652472°W |
| Mouth | Firth of Clyde |
| - coordinates | 55°40′46.3″N 4°58′16.7″W / 55.679528°N 4.971306°WCoordinates: 55°40′46.3″N 4°58′16.7″W / 55.679528°N 4.971306°W |
| Length | 176 km (109 mi) |
| Basin | 4,000 km2 (1,544 sq mi) |
The River Clyde (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh, pronounced [avɪɲ ˈxlˠ̪uəj], Scots: Watter o Clyde) is a river, that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the eighth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the second-longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire. In the early medieval Cumbric language it was known as Clud or Clut, and was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut).
The Clyde is formed by the confluence of two streams, the Daer Water (the headwaters of which are dammed to form the Daer Reservoir) and the Potrail Water. The Southern Upland Way crosses both streams before they meet at Watermeetings (grid reference NS953131) to form the River Clyde proper. At this point the Clyde is only 10 kilometres (6 miles) from Tweed's Well, the source of the River Tweed, and 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the Devil's Beef Tub, the source of the River Annan.
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