Urr Water

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Urr Water
Meander of the Urr Water

Meander of the Urr Water

Data
location Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland
River system Urr Water
Drain over Solway Firth  → Irish Sea
source Discharge from Loch Urr
55 ° 8 ′ 16 ″  N , 3 ° 57 ′ 12 ″  W.
Source height around  207  m ASL
muzzle At Kippford in the Solway Firth coordinates: 54 ° 52 ′ 21 "  N , 3 ° 48 ′ 54"  W 54 ° 52 ′ 21 "  N , 3 ° 48 ′ 54"  W.

length 44 km

The Urr Water , also Water of Urr , is a river in the Scottish Council Area Dumfries and Galloway , or the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire .

course

The river flows off at an altitude of 207 m on the southwest bank of Loch Urr . Its course initially follows a southerly direction. Between the Old Bridge of Urr and the Haugh of Urr it flows for a distance of around four kilometers to the southeast, and then flows again primarily to the south until it reaches a confluence. At Kippford the Urr Water widens and after a total of 44 km it pours into the Solway Firth , which finally merges into the Irish Sea . The up to 1.8 km wide estuary of the Urr Water is known as the Urr Waterfoot .

On its course, numerous streams flow into the Urr Water, but it has no significant tributaries. It runs through a sparsely populated region, so that it affects few localities. The largest town on Urr Water is Dalbeattie . With the Haugh Bridge at Haugh of Urr and the Buittle Bridge near Dalbeattie, two listed bridges cross Urr Water.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Urr Water in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
  2. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .