Cree (river)
| Cree | ||
 The Cree at Newton Stewart |
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| Data | ||
| location | Dumfries and Galloway , South Ayrshire , Scotland | |
| Drain over | Solway Firth → Irish Sea | |
| source | Drain from Loch Moan 55 ° 8 ′ 22 ″ N , 4 ° 36 ′ 10 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 206 m ASL | |
| muzzle | at Creetown in the Solway Firth Coordinates: 54 ° 53 ′ 39 " N , 4 ° 23 ′ 29" W 54 ° 53 ′ 39 " N , 4 ° 23 ′ 29" W.
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| length | 40 km | |
| Left tributaries | Palnure Burn , Penkiln Burn , Water of Minnoch | |
| Right tributaries | Carrick Burn , Clauchrie Burn | |
The Cree is a river in the Scottish Council Areas Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire and the historic counties of Ayrshire , Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire .
course
The river flows out of Loch Moan , a lake in the Galloway Hills , at a height of 206 m . Its course through the wooded, swampy hilly landscape turns successively from northwest to south for the first few kilometers. It roughly forms the western border of the Galloway Forest Park and is the border river between Dumfries and Galloway in the east and South Ayrshire in the west. Historically, this was the border between Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. With the confluence of the Carrick Burn , the Cree describes a sharp loop. There the border with South Ayrshire ends and the Cree flows exclusively into Dumfries and Galloway up to the confluence. Historically, however, it separated the counties of Kirkcudbrightshire in the east and Wigtownshire in the west, both of which have now merged into Dumfries and Galloway.
After the Cree has flowed to the northeast for around two kilometers, its course turns to the south-southeast and this direction is maintained until the mouth. North of Boreland , the river on the southern edge of the Galloway Hills enters the plains of the Central Lowlands . With Newton Stewart and the villages opposite Minnigaff and Creebridge, it passes the largest settlements on its course through a predominantly sparsely populated region of Scotland. There it is spanned by the listed Cree Bridge . Expanding into an estuary , the Cree at Creetown pours into the Solway Firth after around 40 kilometers . It forms the head of Wigtown Bay , a side bay of the inlet that finally opens to the Irish Sea .
The course of the A714 ( Bladnoch - Ayr ) essentially follows the Cree to south of Newton Stewart and crosses the river twice. South of Newton Stewart also crosses the A75 trunk road ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ).
Estuary of the Cree; behind the peninsula The Machars and the Solway Firth
Tributaries
The Cree takes on numerous streams along its course. The most important left tributaries include the Palnure Burn near Palnure , the Penkiln Burn near Minnigaff and the Water of Minnoch . From the right, the Carrick Burn and the Clauchrie Burn flow into the upper reaches .
