Gala Water

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Gala Water
The middle reaches of the Gala Waters

The middle reaches of the Gala Waters

Data
location Scotland
River system tweed
Drain over Tweed  → North Sea
source south of North Middleton
55 ° 46 ′ 47 ″  N , 3 ° 0 ′ 21 ″  W
muzzle At Galashiels in the Tweed coordinates: 55 ° 36 '17 "  N , 2 ° 46' 38"  W 55 ° 36 '17 "  N , 2 ° 46' 38"  W.

length 33 km
Right tributaries Lugate Water , Heriot Water

The Gala Water is a river in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders .

Run

The source of Gala Waters is located on the northern edge of the Moorfoot Hills in the sparsely populated north of the Scottish Borders near the border with neighboring Midlothian . First flowing to the east, the Gala Water turns north of Falahill to the southeast. Up to its mouth at Galashiels it will maintain its southeast or southern direction of flow.

The two main tributaries of the Gala Waters flow in from the right. The at Heriot confluent Heriot Water lends itself more water than the Gala Water. The Lugate Water flows south of Stow . On the southeast edge of Galashiels, the Gala Water flows into the Tweed after a total of 33 kilometers from the left . Galashiels itself is the only larger town along the course of the Gala Waters.

Of Edinburgh to Carlisle leading A7 follows between Falahill and Galashiels largely the course of the Gala Waters, she crossed three times. The Waverley Line also largely follows its course and crosses Gala Water many times; for example over a bridge at the Bowshank Tunnel .

Once known for its rich trout population, Gala Water was described as overfished as early as the 1880s.

Web links

Commons : Gala Water  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Entry on Bowshank Tunnel  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Gala Water in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.