Douglas Water

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Douglas Water
Lower reaches of Douglas Water around four kilometers from the mouth

Lower reaches of Douglas Water around four kilometers from the mouth

Data
location South Lanarkshire , Scotland
River system Clyde
River basin district Scotland RBD
source on the slopes of the Cairn Table
55 ° 29 ′ 53 ″  N , 4 ° 1 ′ 4 ″  W
Source height 457  m
muzzle near the Falls of Clyde in the Clyde coordinates: 55 ° 38 ′ 12 "  N , 3 ° 45 ′ 21"  W 55 ° 38 ′ 12 "  N , 3 ° 45 ′ 21"  W
Mouth height 183  m ASL
Height difference 274 m
Bottom slope 8.6 ‰
length 32 km
Left tributaries Poniel Water
Right tributaries Glespin Burn

The Douglas Water is a river in the Scottish council area of South Lanarkshire .

course

It rises at a height of 457 m on the slopes of the 593 m high Cairn Table near the border between South Lanarkshire in the east and East Ayrshire in the west. Its entire course through the sparsely populated south of South Lanarkshire follows primarily a northeasterly direction. After a few kilometers, Douglas Water passes Glenbuck Loch , the source lake of the Ayr flowing west , around 200 m away. The Glespin Burn, one of the largest tributaries, flows into the hamlet of Glespin . The Douglas Water touches the village of Douglas and flows into the Clyde after a total of 32 km near New Lanark above the Falls of Clyde .

From Glenbuck Loch, the A70 ( Edinburgh - Ayr ) roughly follows the course of Douglas Waters and crosses the river once. Furthermore, the M74 runs over the river.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Douglas Water in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  2. ↑ a b Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland