Almond (Firth of Forth)
| Almond | ||
 The Almond and Naismith Bridges in Almondell and Calderwood Country Park |
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| location | North Lanarkshire , West Lothian and Edinburgh , Scotland | |
| River system | Almond | |
| River basin district | Scotland RBD | |
| source | in North Lanarkshire near Shotts 55 ° 50 ′ 10 ″ N , 3 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| muzzle | at Cramond (Council Area Edinburgh ) in the Firth of Forth Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′ 42 " N , 3 ° 17 ′ 34" W 55 ° 59 ′ 42 " N , 3 ° 17 ′ 34" W
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The Almond ( Scottish Gaelic : Abhainn Amain ) is a river in Lothian , Scotland . It rises not far from Shotts in North Lanarkshire to flow into the Firth of Forth after 45 km .
course
The Almond has its source at Shotts in Lanarkshire, but after it has passed Harthill , most of its course takes it through West Lothian . It flows through the villages of Blackburn and Livingston to pass under the Almond Aqueduct near Ratho . At Cramond (a suburb of Edinburgh ) it finally flows into the Firth of Forth, an estuary of the North Sea .