Isla (Tay)

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Isla
The River Isla near Coupar Angus - geograph.org.uk - 7356.jpg
Data
location Angus , Perth and Kinross , Scotland
River system Tay
Drain over Tay  → Firth of Tay  → North Sea
source Confluence of Caenlochan Burn and Canness Burn
56 ° 53 ′ 13 ″  N , 3 ° 18 ′ 38 ″  W
Source height about  945  m ASL
muzzle about six kilometers southwest of Coupar Angus in the Tay coordinates: 56 ° 31 ′ 26 "  N , 3 ° 22 ′ 0"  W 56 ° 31 ′ 26 "  N , 3 ° 22 ′ 0"  W
Mouth height about  30  m ASL
Height difference about 915 m
Bottom slope about 12 ‰
length 74 km

The Isla is a river that forms on the border of the Scottish Council Areas Angus and Perth and Kinross by the confluence of the mountain streams Caenlochan Burn and Canness Burn on the slopes of the Grampians at an altitude of about 945 m.

Up to the level of Auchintaple Loch , which the Isla passes a few hundred meters to the west, the river runs in a southerly direction. Then he turns to the southeast and follows the B951 for a few kilometers, which connects Kirriemuir with the A93 . About two kilometers south of Loch of Lintrathen , the direction of the river changes gradually to the southwest. After another ten kilometers, the Ericht, the most important inflow of the Isla, joins on the right and after five kilometers the river reaches Coupar Angus, the only larger town on its course. On its last kilometers, the Isla runs under the A923 and joins the Tay from the left a few hundred meters after crossing the A93 on the Bridge of Isla .

On its entire course, the Isla overcomes an altitude difference of around 900 m.

  • Upper course of the Isla

  • Road bridge over the Isla

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Isla. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 4: (Har - Lib). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1885, p. 326.
  2. ↑ a b Isla, River. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .