List of Rivers in Scotland with Source, Mouth, and Length

Scotland is a beautiful country with many major rivers, small rivers, and tributaries. There are more than 200 rivers in Scotland. In this article, we have listed in the following table all the rivers in Scotland with their source, mouth, and length. The length maintained in the following table is the total length of the river.

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List of Rivers in Scotland with Source, Mouth, and Length

S.N.	Name of the River	Source/Origin	Mouth	Length
1	Tweed River	Tweed’s Well (Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland)	North Sea (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England)	156 km
2	Whiteadder Water River		Confluence with the River Tweed
3	Dye Water River	Hope Hills	Whiteadder Water	20.12 km
4	Blackadder Water River	Harecleugh Forest (just south of the Twin Law cairns, north of the village of Westruther)	Whiteadder Water
5	Bothwell Water River	Lammermuir Hills near Caldercleugh	Whiteadder Water
6	Till River	Comb Fell in the Cheviot Hills	River Tweed
7	Glen River	Cheviot Hills	River Till	12 km
8	Bowmont Water River	Cheviot Hills	College Burn to form the River Glen
9	Wooler Water River		River Till	20 km
10	Breamish River	Comb Fell in the Northumberland National Park on the southern side of The Cheviot	River Till	8.5 km
11	Eden Water River	East of Lauder at Corsbie Moor on Boon Farm	River Tweed	145 km
12	Teviot River	Western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway	River Tweed to the southwest of Kelso	60 km
13	Kale Water River	Cheviot Hills are the Long Burn, Hawkwillow Burn and the Grindstone Burn, east of Leithope Forest near the Anglo-Scottish Border	River Tweed	32 km
14	Jed Water River	Carlin Tooth (1 mile from England in the Cheviot Hills)	Jedfoot Bridge (north of Jedburgh, Scotland)	35 km
15	Ale Water River	Henwoodie Hill	River Teviot
16	Rule Water River	Wauchope Forest	River Teviot at Spittal-on-Rule
17	Slitrig Water River		River Teviot
18	Borthwick Water River	Craik, in the heart of the Craik Forest	River Teviot at Borthaugh and Martinshouse, at the end of the B711
19	Leader River	Lammermuir Hills	River Tweed at Leaderfoot
20	Gala Water River		River Teviot
21	Ettrick Water River	Ettrickbridge and the historic town of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders	Confluence with the River Tweed
22	Yarrow Water River		Ettrick Water	21.2 km
23	Megget Water River	Broad Law	St Mary’s Loch
24	Leithen Water River	Moorfoot Hills	Tweed near the town of Innerleithen	13.82 km
25	Quair Water River		River Tweed	3.38 km
26	Eddleston Water River	Near Mount Lothian	River Tweed at Peebles
27	Manor Water River	Ettrick Forest	River Tweed (one mile south of Peebles at Olde Maynor Brig)
28	Lyne Water River	Pentland Hills of southern Scotland at Baddinsgill Reservoir	River Tweed
29	Holms Water River		River Tweed, in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders
30	Biggar Water River	Biggar Burn, in the north-east of the parish of Biggar, South Lanarkshire	Confluence with the River Tweed
31	Talla Water River		River Tweed
32	Fruid Water River		River Tweed (confluence about 2 km upstream of Tweedsmuir)
33	Eye Water River	Lammermuir Hills	Eyemouth on the east coast of Scotland	35 km
34	Tyne River	Moorfoot Hills in Midlothian near Tynehead to the south of Edinburgh	North Sea near Belhaven	50 km
35	Esk River	North Esk Reservoir in the Pentland Hills, in Midlothian (a mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Carlops)	Firth of Forth	45 km
36	Water of Leith River	Millstone Rig, West Lothian	Leith Docks, Edinburgh	35 km
37	Almond River	Hirst Hill in Lanarkshire near Shotts	Firth of Forth at Cramond, Edinburgh	45 km
38	Avon River	Avonhead (Longriggend, North Lanarkshire)	Grangemouth, Falkirk	31 km
39	Carron River	Campsie Fells	Firth of Forth	22 km
40	Forth River	Confluence of Duchray Water and the Avondhu River below Loch Ard	Firth of Forth, North Sea	47 km
41	Devon River	Blairdenon Hill in the Ochils	River Forth	54 km
42	Black Devon River	Cleish Hills	River Forth south of Alloa
43	Bannock Burn River	Touchadam Moor (just to the north of Earl’s Hill in the Touch Hills)	River Forth to the east of Stirling, close to the site of the Battle of Bannockburn	12.2 km
44	Teith River	Confluence of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge and Eas Gobhain at Callander, Stirlingshire	River Forth near Drip north-west of Stirling	113 km
45	Ardoch Burn River	Braes Of Doune	River Teith at Inverardoch	11.26 km
46	Garbh Uisge River	Loch Lubnaig	River Teith (Callander)	7 km
47	Eas Gobhain River	Loch Venachar	River Teith (Callander)
48	Duchray Water River	Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
49	Leven River	Loch Leven	Firth of Forth at the town of Leven	7 km
50	Eden River	Burnside, near the border with Perth & Kinross	Solway Firth	48 km
51	Tay River	Allt Coire Laoigh (Ben Lui, Stirling council area / Argyll and Bute, Scotland)	Firth of Tay, North Sea (Between Perth, Scotland and Dundee, Scotland, UK)	188 km
52	Earn River	St Fillans (Loch Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland)	Firth of Tay, North Sea (Between Perth and Newburgh, Fife, Scotland)	74 km
53	Farg River	Glen Farg reservoir	Earn River	3.21 km
54	Almond River		Tay immediately north of Perth	48 km
55	Isla River		River Tay	74 km
56	Ericht River	Confluence of the rivers Blackwater and Ardle at Bridge of Cally	River Isla	16 km
57	Shee Water River		River Isla
58	Ardle River	Confluence of the Brerachan Water and the Allt Fearnach at Straloch	Black Water	16 km
59	Braan River	Loch Freuchie, near Amulree	River Tay near Dunkeld	17 km
60	Tummel River	Loch Rannoch	River Tay	93.34 km
61	Garry River	Northeastern end of Loch Garry, just to the southeast of the Pass of Drumochter	River Tummel
62	Glen Lyon River	Loch Lyon in the west to the village of Fortingall in the east		55 km
63	Dochart River	Ben Lui	River Tay
64	Dighty Burn River	Sidlaw Hills	Firth of Tay	20 km
65	Barry Burn River	Dodd Hill (Sidlaw Hills, Angus, UK)	Carnoustie Golf Links, North Sea (Carnoustie, UK)
66	Elliot Water River	Carmyllie, Angus, Scotland	North Sea (Elliot, Arbroath, UK)	12 km
67	Lunan Water River		North Sea at the hamlet of Lunan, upon Lunan Bay	21 km
68	South Esk River	Loch Esk (Glen Doll, Angus)	Montrose Basin, North Sea (Montrose, Angus, UK)
69	Bervie Water River	Drumtochty Forest	North Sea
70	Carron Water River	Fetteresso Forest	North Sea (Stonehaven Bay, Scotland)
71	Cowie Water River	Grampian Mountains	North Sea (Stonehaven, Scotland)
72	Burn of Monboys River	Mounth (Grampian Mountains)	Cowie Water
73	Cowton Burn River	Mounth (eastern Grampian Mountains)	Cowie Water
74	Burn of Muchalls River		North Sea
75	Burn of Pheppie River		North Sea immediately north of the village of Muchalls
76	Burn of Elsick River		North Sea at Newtonhill
77	Dee River	Wells of Dee, Braeriach, Cairngorms	Aberdeen	140 km
78	Crynoch Burn River	Nearby Netherley	River Dee	6.5 km
79	Cairnie Burn River	Eastern range of the Grampian Mountains	Crynoch Burn (Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
80	Leuchar Burn River	Loch of Skene	Culter Burn
81	Water of Feugh River	Grampian Mountains of Scotland	River Dee
82	Beltie Burn River	Hill of Benaquhallie	River Dee (about 4 kilometres west of Banchory)	25 km
83	Water of Tanar River	Grampian Mountains	River Dee at the mouth of the glen near the Tower of Ess
84	Muick River	Grampian Mountains	River Dee
85	Gairn River	Grampian Mountains	River Dee, near Ballater	4.75 km
86	Clunie Water River	River Dee (Braemar, Scotland)	River Dee
87	Quoich River		River Dee	15 km
88	Don River	Ladder Hills	Bridge of Don, Aberdeen	131 km
89	Ury River	Bennachie	River Don at the south edge of Inverurie
90	Ythan River	Wells of Ythan near the village of Ythanwells	North Sea near Newburgh, in Formartine	60 km
91	Water of Cruden River	Vountryside north of Ellon	North Sea (Cruden Bay)
92	Ugie River		North Sea (on the east coast at Peterhead, north of Cruden Bay)
93	South Ugie Water River	Warterhill of Buxie and Old Deer	Ugie Water
94	Deveron River	Ladder Hills	Moray Firth	97 km
95	Isla River	Northeast of Auchindoun	River Deveron	74 km
96	Bogie River	Confluence of the Craig and Corchinan burns	River Deveron (Huntly, Scotland)	23 km
97	Spey River	Loch Spey	Moray Firth at Spey Bay	172 km
98	Fiddich River	Eastern slopes of Corriehabbie Hill in Glenfiddich Forest	River Spey	32 km
99	Avon River	Loch Avon, Moray	Glenlivet, Moray	30 km
100	Dulnain River	Eastern part of the Monadhliath Mountains	River Spey in northeast Scotland
101	Nethy River	Garbh Allt between Cairn Gorm and A’ Chòinneach on the northern slopes of the Cairngorms	River Spey (at Broomhill)
102	Druie River	Loch Einich	River Spey
103	Feshie River	Remote countryside of the Glenfeshie Forest	River Spey
104	Tromie River	Northern end of Loch an t-Seilich within the Gaick Forest	River Spey
105	Calder River	Mountain slopes at the southeastern corner of the Monadhliath	Spey at Spey Bridge	72 km
106	Lossie River	Hills above Dallas, Moray	Lossiemouth into Moray Firth	50 km
107	Findhorn River	Coignafearn Forest (north of the main massif of the Monadhliath Mountains, several streams joining together near the Dalbeg bothy to form it)		100 km
108	Nairn River	Monadhliath Mountains	River Brin	56.32 km
109	Enrick River	Loch na Stac at an elevation	River Coiltie	22 km
110	E River	North-west of the Monadh Liath	South-east of Loch Ness	10 km
111	Oich River	Loch Oich	Loch Ness	9 km
112	Garry River	The Rough Bounds	River Kingie at the Kingie Pool	5.6 km
113	Tarff River	Between the hills of Gairbeinn and Geal Charn	Loch Ness at Fort Augustus
114	Moniack Burn River	Allt an Daimh Ruaidh	Beauly Firth	11.21 km
115	Beauly River	Near the village of Struy, at the confluence of the River Farrar and the River Glass	Beauly Firth	25 km
116	Breakachy Burn River	Loch Ballach	River Beauly
117	Glass River	Confluence of the River Affric and the Abhainn Deabhag, near the village of Tomich	River Cannich near the village of Cannich
118	Conon River	Loch Luichart	River Meig at Scatwell
119	Orrin River		River Conon near Urray shortly
120	Black Water River	Confluence of the Glascarnoch River with the Abhainn Srath a’ Bhàthaich, near where it is crossed by the Black Bridge	River Conon near Moy Bridge
121	Sgitheach River	Southern slopes of Ben Wyvis	Cromarty Firth near the ruin of the old Kiltearn parish church	21 km
122	Allt Graad River	Loch Glass	Cromarty Firth	9 km
123	Averon River		Cromarty Firth
124	Carron River	Abhainn a Ghlinne Mhoir	Alladale Rive
125	Oykel River	Ben More Assynt, Sutherland	Kyle of Sutherland / Dornoch Firth
126	Cassley River		River Oykel
127	Shin River	Southern end of Loch Shin	Kyle of Sutherland at Invershin	11 km
128	Evelix River		Meikle Ferry on the Dornoch Firth
129	Brora River	Headwater streams, the Féith Osdail, Allt Gobhlach and Allt nan Con-uisge meet at Dalnessie	Dalreavoch
130	Helmsdale River	Loch Badanloch down the Strath of Kildonan
131	Berriedale Water River	Feith Gaineimh Mhor, Feith Chaorunn Mhor and Feith Fhuaran come together at the southern edge of the Flow Country	Estate village of Berriedale
132	Dunbeath Water River	Loch Braigh na h-Aibhne in the Flow Country	Moray Firth at Dunbeath Bay
133	Wick River	confluence of ScouthalBurn and Strath Burn near Achingale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss in the Flow Country
134	Strath Burn River	Confluence of Kensary Burn, and Rowens Burn, and about five kilometres south of the village of Watten	Wick River
135	Scouthal Burn River	Confluence of the Burn of Achorole and Alt Feithe Buidhe and about three kilometres south/southwest of the village of Watten	Strath Burn
136	Thurso River	Loch Rumsdale	Thurso Bay
137	Strathnaver River	Loch Naver	Bettyhill	29 km
138	Dionard River	Loch Dionard	Atlantic Ocean on the north coast
139	Dundonnell River	Meall Dubh	Little Loch Broom at its estuary just north-west of Dundonnell
140	Little Gruinard River	Fionn Loch	Gruinard Bay
141	Carron River	Ledgowan Forest
142	Morar River	Loch Morar in the west Highlands of Scotland	Morar Bay
143	Shiel River	Loch Shiel	Sea at Dorlin	4 km
144	Barr River		Loch Teacuis at Poll Achadh Luachrach
145	Lochy River	Loch Lochy	Loch Linnhe
146	Spean River	Loch Laggan	River Lochy
147	Nevis River	Tom an Eite	Loch Linnhe
148	Coe River	north-eastern base of Buachaille Etive Beag in Scotland	Loch Leven at Invercoe
149	Glen Etive River	Rannoch Moor	Sea loch, Loch Etive	18 km
150	Awe River	Loch Awe	Loch Etive, a sea loch
151	Orchy River	Black Mount Forest	Loch Awe
152	Add River	Loch Sidheannach, which is fed from the nearby hills	Blackmill Loch
153	Barr Water River	Loch Losgainn near the hill of Cruach Mhic-an t-Saoir	Glenbarr
154	Douglas Water River	Ayrshire	Clyde around 5 km south of Lanark
155	Shira River	north-east at 350 meter altitude, near the start of the River Fyne	Loch Shira and the sea loch Loch Fyne
156	Eachaig River	Loch Eck (Cowal)	Holy Loch (Cowal)
157	Clyde River	Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire (South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom)	Firth of Clyde (Inverclyde, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom)	170 km
158	Leven River	Loch Lomond	River Clyde[	10 km
159	Endrick River	Eastern slopes of the Fintry Hills	Loch Lomond
160	Glen Douglas River	Inverbeg	Loch Lomond
161	Cart River	Confluence of the Black Cart Water and the White Cart Water	River Clyde (Glasgow, Scotland)
162	Gryfe River	Gryffe Reservoir, Inverclyde	Black Cart Water, Renfrewshire	26 km
163	Levern Water River	Long Loch (East Renfrewshire)	White Cart River (Glasgow, Scotland)
164	Kelvin River	Close to Banton, Scotland	River Clyde (Glasgow, Scotland)	32 km
165	Allander Water River		River Kelvin
166	Luggie Water River		River Kelvin
167	Glazert Water River	South of Clachan of Campsie	River Kelvin
168	Rotten Calder River	Ardochrig	Cleughearn
169	North Calder Water River	Black Loch	River Clyde at Daldowie	19 km
170	South Calder Water River	High plateau between Shotts and Fauldhouse	River Clyde	16.09 km
171	Avon Water River	Distinkhorn Hill	Hamilton	39 km
172	Nethan River	Glenbuck, East Ayrshire, Scotland	Crossford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland	20.92 km
173	South Medwyn River	Medwin water basin	River Clyde
174	Duneaton Water River		River Clyde at Abington
175	Daer Water River	Lowther Hills about 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level	Portrail Water near the Lanarkshire town of Elvanfoot
176	Garnock River	Hill of Stake, Ayrshire, Scotland	Firth of Clyde, Irvine	39 km
177	Lugton Water River	Loch Libo in Uplawmoor	Garnock River	23 km
178	Irvine River	Near Loudoun Hill, Drumclog, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Firth of Clyde	42 km
179	Annick Water River	Long Loch (East Renfrewshire)	River Irvine (Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland)
180	Ayr River	Glenbuck Loch (Muirkirk, Scotland)	Ayr Harbour, Firth of Clyde (Ayr, Scotland)	65 km
181	Lugar Water River	Southern Uplands, East Ayrshire, Scotland	River Ayr
182	Glenmuir Water River	Southern Uplands, East Ayrshire, Scotland	Lugar
183	Greenock Water River	Dippal Burn (about 2 miles south of Dungavel Hill)	River Ayr(about 4 miles west of the small town of Muirkirk)
184	Doon River	Loch Enoch, high in the Galloway Hills
185	Water of Girvan River	Loch Girvan Eye in the Carrick Forest section of Galloway Forest Park.	Firth of Clyde at Girvan Harbour	45 km
186	Stinchar River	Galloway Forest Park	Firth of Clyde at Ballantrae	20 km
187	Water of Luce River	South Ayrshire	Cross Water of Luce
188	Bladnoch River	Loch Maberry in the parish of Kirkcowan	Reoch Burn
189	Tarf Water River	Ayrshire	River Bladnoch near the village of Kirkcowan
190	Cree River	Newton Stewart	Solway Firth
191	Water of Fleet River	Cairnsmore of Fleet	Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth
192	Dee River	Loch Dee	Kirkcudbright Bay	61 km
193	Water of Ken River	Blacklorg Hill	Loch Ken
194	Polharrow Burn River	Loch Harrow (Knocknalling, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)	Water of Ken	8.6 km
195	Urr Water River	Loch Urr	Solway Firth at Rough Firth
196	Nith River	Enoch Hill	Solway Firth	114 km
197	Cairn Water River	Moniaive	River Nith just north of Dumfries	18.5 km
198	Scaur Water River	Polskeoch in the Scaur hills	River Nith two miles southwest of Thornhill	30 km
199	Shinnel Water River	Scaur hills of Tynron Parish in the Southern Uplands	Scaur Water near Penpont	20.92 km
200	Carron Water River	Dalveen Pass in the Lowther Hills	Nith at Carronbridge
201	Cairn Water River	Castlefairn of Craigdarroch and then by the Dalwhat (Moniaive in the parish of Glencairn)	Old Water	18.5 km
202	Annan River	Hart Fell, Moffat. Annanhead Hill, Devil’s Beef Tub	Annan River	64.37 km
203	Dryfe Water River	Southern slopes of Loch Fell, near Moffat	River Annan at grid reference NY 107 820, near Lockerbie	28.96 km
204	Kinnel Water River	On the southern edge of the Lowther Hills	Northeast of Lochmaben in the River Annan	32 km
205	Water of Ae River	Eastern slopes of Queensberry	Annan River
206	Kirtle Water River	Southern slopes of Haggy Hill	Border Esk at the eastern limit of the Solway Firth
207	Kershope Burn River	Clark’s Sike, in a marshy area in Kielder Forest Northumberland	Liddel Water at Kershopefoot
208	Hermitage Water River		Liddel Water
209	Sorn River	Allt Ruadh and the Ballygrant Burn	Bridgend at the head of Loch Indaal
210	Laggan River	Kilennan River, Barr River and Duich River	north end of Laggan Bay off Loch Indaal
211	Scavaig River River	Loch Coruisk	Loch na Cuilce

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