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River Carron, Forth
River in central Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places called Carron, see Carron (disambiguation).
The Carron (Gaelic: Carrann) is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells[1] and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name to several locations in Stirlingshire, as well as a type of cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships, and an island in the Southern Hemisphere.
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