River Clyde
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The River Clyde (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh, pronounced [ˈavɪɲ ˈxl̪ˠuəj], Scots: Clyde Watter, or Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde, in the west of Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland after the River Tay and the River Spey. It runs through the city of Glasgow. The River Clyde estuary has an upper tidal limit located at the tidal weir next to Glasgow Green.[3]
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River Clyde Clyde Watter; Watter o Clyde | |
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Native name | Abhainn Chluaidh (Scottish Gaelic) |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
State | United Kingdom |
Council areas | South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Argyll and Bute |
City | Glasgow |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire |
• location | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
• coordinates | 55°24′23.8″N 3°39′8.9″W |
Mouth | Firth of Clyde |
• location | Tail of the Bank, between Greenock and Ardmore Point near Helensburgh, Scotland |
• coordinates | 55°58′12″N 4°45′15″W |
Length | 110 mi (180 km)[1] |
Basin size | 1,545 sq mi (4,000 km2) |
Basin features | |
Designation | |
Official name | Inner Clyde Estuary |
Designated | 5 September 2000 |
Reference no. | 1036[2] |
Historically, it was important to the British Empire because of its role in shipbuilding and trade.[4] To the Romans, it was Clota,[5] and in the early medieval Cumbric language, it was known as Clud or Clut. It was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut).[6]