Gairn

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Gairn
Looking downstream River Gairn - geograph.org.uk - 442756.jpg
Data
location Aberdeenshire , Scotland
River system Dee (North Sea)
Drain over Gairn → Dee  → North Sea
source on the slopes of Ben Avon
57 ° 5 '22 "  N , 3 ° 26' 36"  W.
Source height about  1080  m ASL
muzzle about 3.5 kilometers northwest of Ballater in the Dee Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '22 "  N , 3 ° 4' 7"  W 57 ° 3 '22 "  N , 3 ° 4' 7"  W
Mouth height about  225  m ASL
Height difference about 855 m
Bottom slope about 27 ‰
length 32 km

The Gairn is a river in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire . It rises in the eastern Grampians on the eastern flank of Ben Avon .

First the Gairn flows in a south-easterly direction and after about three kilometers takes on two mountain streams. It follows the Glengairn valley for six kilometers to the northeast and then flows for about 17 km in an easterly direction. Finally, the Gairn gradually turns to the southeast, flows under the A93 at Bridge of Gairn and finally flows into the Dee about 3.5 km northwest of Ballater .

Over its entire course of 32 km, the Gairn overcomes an altitude difference of around 855 m.

  • Upper course of the Gairn

  • Bridge over the Gairn

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Gairn. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 3: (Edr - Har). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 66.
  2. ^ Gairn, River. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .