Brora (river)

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Brora
River Brora - geograph.org.uk - 782164.jpg
Data
location Scotland
River system Brora
source Confluence of three streams north of Dalnessie
58 ° 8 ′ 8 ″  N , 4 ° 19 ′ 40 ″  W
Source height 239  m
muzzle At Brora in the Moray Firth Coordinates: 58 ° 0 ′ 35 "  N , 3 ° 50 ′ 44"  W 58 ° 0 ′ 35 "  N , 3 ° 50 ′ 44"  W.
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 239 m
Bottom slope 5.7 ‰
length 42 km [1]
Flowing lakes Loch Brora

The Brora is a river in the Scottish Council Area Highland . It is created by the confluence of three streams at a height of 239 m a few kilometers north of Dalnessie in the traditional Scottish county of Sutherland . The source rivers arise at heights of 460 to 490 m above sea level. From there it flows 42 km in a south-easterly direction. It flows through all three basins of Loch Brora over a length of seven kilometers . Finally the Brora flows into the Moray Firth at Brora .

The Brora has historically been considered to be one of the best rivers for trout and salmon fishing in Scotland. In Loch Brora, the Duke of Sutherland established a salmon farm at the end of the 19th century. In 1873 1,105,000 eggs were collected there.

  • Railway bridge over the Brora

  • Loch Brora

  • Mouth of the Brora

Web links

Commons : Brora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brora. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 193.
  2. ^ Brora, River. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .