River Clyde
Appearance
River Clyde (In Scotland) | |
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The River Clyde running through the city of Glasgow | |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Council areas | South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Argyll and Bute |
City | Glasgow |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire |
- location | South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
- coordinates | 55°24′23.8″N 3°39′8.9″W / 55.406611°N 3.652472°W |
Mouth | Firth of Clyde |
- location | Inverclyde, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom |
- coordinates | 55°40′46.3″N 4°58′16.7″W / 55.679528°N 4.971306°W |
Length | 170 km (110 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Designation | |
Official name | Inner Clyde Estuary |
Designated | 5 September 2000 |
Reference no. | 1036[2] |
The River Clyde (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh, pronounced [avɪɲˈxlˠ̪uəj]) is a river in Scotland. It flows through Glasgow before opening up into the Firth of Clyde.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "River Clyde". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ↑ "Inner Clyde Estuary". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to River Clyde at Wikimedia Commons
- River Clyde: Source to Firth Panorama Project Archived 2017-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- The Clyde-built ships data base - lists over 22,000 ships built on the Clyde Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Clyde Waterfront regeneration
- Clyde Waterfront Heritage Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Glasgow Digital Library: Glimpses of old Glasgow
- In Glasgow Photo Gallery of pictures of the River Clyde Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Clydebank Restoration Trust