Forth (Firth of Forth)
| River Forth | ||
 River Forth and Firth of Forth |
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| Data | ||
| location | Scotland (Great Britain) | |
| River system | Forth | |
| source |
Loch Ard (Loch Chon) 56 ° 10 ′ 50 " N , 4 ° 26 ′ 28" W. |
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| Source height | Loch Ard : 33 m ASL , (90 m for Chon Water) | |
| muzzle | at Kincardine in the Firth of Forth coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 53 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 41" W 56 ° 3 ′ 53 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 41" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 33 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.7 ‰ | |
| length | 47 km (total length 55 km) | |
| Left tributaries | Teith , Allan Water , Devon | |
| Flowing lakes | (Loch Chu, Loch Ard) | |
| Medium-sized cities | Stirling | |
| Small towns | Cambus , Alloa , Fallin , Airth | |
| Communities | Aberfoyle | |
| Navigable | Kincardine , historically Stirling | |
 Meander of the River Forth |
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The River Forth is a river in Scotland that flows into the Firth of Forth after 47 km at Kincardine .
Although this 45 km long Firth of Forth is geologically a fjord and as such a bay of the North Sea , it is often counted as an oversized estuary with the river Forth, which is why its length is often given as 92 km.
The headwaters of the river are in the mountainous region of the Trossachs . The river's commonly known “source lake” , Loch Ard , 33 m above sea level, gets its water from mountain streams. The largest of these is the 4.5 km long Chon Water , which comes from the 90 m high and less than three km long Loch Chon , which in turn is fed by numerous source streams. With this actual upper course and the length of Loch Ard, the Forth is hydrologically about 55 km long.
The River Forth flows east from Loch Ard , sometimes strongly meandering. The length of the water is one and a half times as long as the straight line between the lake and the fjord. The tidal underflow begins in Stirling . The river is still so shallow here that it can be crossed in a ford at times. Historically, the river was traveled by ships from the mouth to Stirling.
