This list of rivers in Scotland is organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction. (L) indicates a left-bank tributary and (R) indicates a right-bank tributary whilst (Ls) and (Rs) indicate left and right forks where a named river is formed from two differently named rivers. For simplicity, they are divided here by the coastal section in which the mouth of the river can be found. Those on Scottish islands can be found in a section at the end. For Scottish estuaries, please see under firths and sea lochs. The Scots have many words for watercourses.

South-eastern Scotland

Flowing into the North Sea between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Kincardine (East Coast) The right-bank tributary of the Tweed, the River Till together with its tributaries, is almost wholly within England but is included for completeness of the Tweed catchment. Tweed catchment Simple coastal catchments Tyne catchment Firth of Forth (Estuary) (Lothian) Esk catchment Water of Leith catchment Almond catchment Avon catchment Carron catchment

Forth to Tay

Flowing into the North Sea between Kincardine and Buddon Ness (East Coast) Forth catchment Simple coastal catchments Eden catchment Tay catchment Simple coastal catchments

East Coast

Flowing into the North Sea between Buddon Ness and Rattray Head Simple coastal catchments River South Esk catchment River North Esk catchment Simple coastal catchments Dee catchment Don catchment Simple coastal catchments Ythan catchment Simple coastal catchments

Moray Firth (north-facing coast)

Flowing into the North Sea between Rattray Head and Inverness Simple coastal catchments Deveron catchment Simple coastal catchments Spey catchment Lossie catchment Findhorn catchment Nairn catchment Ness catchment

Moray Firth (east-facing coast)

Flowing into the North Sea between Inverness and Duncansby Head (East Coast) Moniack catchment Beauly catchment Conon catchment Simple coastal catchments Carron catchment Oykel catchment Shin catchment Simple coastal catchments Brora catchment Simple coastal catchments Wick catchment

North Coast

Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean between Dunnet Head and Cape Wrath Thurso catchment Simple coastal catchments Hope catchment Simple coastal catchments

North-west Highlands

Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Wrath and Corpach at the head of Loch Linnhe Simple coastal catchments Kirkaig catchment Simple coastal catchments Ewe catchment Simple coastal catchments Shiel catchment Simple coastal catchments Aline catchment Simple coastal catchments

South-west Highlands

Flowing into the Atlantic Ocean between Corpach at the head of Loch Linnhe and the Mull of Kintyre Awe catchment Simple coastal catchments

Firth of Clyde

''Rivers discharging into the Firth of Clyde between the Mull of Kintyre and Mull of Galloway. Rivers on Arran are found in the islands section.'' Simple coastal catchments Clyde catchment Simple coastal catchments Garnock catchment Irvine catchment Ayr catchment Doon catchment Simple coastal catchments

Solway Firth

Mull of Galloway to Gretna; rivers flowing into the Irish Sea and Solway Firth Water of Luce catchment Bladnoch catchment Cree catchment Water of Fleet catchment Dee catchment Urr catchment Nith catchment Minor catchment Annan catchment (Border) Esk catchment Further tributaries of the Esk lie wholly in England - see List of rivers of England.

Rivers on Scottish islands

Most of the Scottish islands are too small to maintain watercourses of any great length or size, and are frequently indented by numerous long bays and inlets which further break up the landscape. However a disproportionate number of their watercourses bear the name 'river', though many are relatively tiny.

Arran

Skye and the Inner Hebrides

Islay Jura Mull Rùm Isle of Skye

Outer Hebrides

Lewis

Orkney

Mainland

Shetland

Mainland

Listing by length

Various measurements are provided for the lengths of Scottish rivers. The table below distinguishes between the river alone and the river plus tidal waters, which many sources use. In all cases the distance is for the longest distance through the catchment area not just the distance of that portion of it which the named river covers excluding upstream tributaries.

Listing by area of catchment

The major rivers of Scotland, in order of catchment, are: Note: Imperial figures from quoted source; and metric figures less certain.

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 Allan Almond Avon Ba Bannock Burn Barr Black Burn Black Water Calder Carron Conon Dee Dibidal, Dibidil Dorback Douglas Eden Elrick Enrick, Endrick Esk, North Esk, South Esk Gala Garry Glass Glenmore Isla Kilmory Kinglas, Kinglass Kinloch Ledmore Leven Lochy, Lochay Lunan Lyne Machrie Meggat, Megget Mor (This is merely a Gaelic adjective meaning "large" or "great") Shiel Tarf, Tarff

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