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River Gairn

Coordinates: 57°03′21″N 3°04′06″W / 57.05595°N 3.06836°W / 57.05595; -3.06836
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River Gairn
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Gairn Water (also known as the River Gairn), situated in the Cairngorms National Park, is a river in Scotland with an elevation of 899 feet and a length of 4.75 kilometres.

Course

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The Gairn's source stems from a number of tributaries on the slopes of Carn Eas and Ben Avon in the Grampian Mountains of Aberdeenshire in Scotland.[1] The river moves East South East for its entire course, passing through/near:

  • Daldownie
  • Rinloan
  • Dalfad
  • Torbeg
  • Lary
  • Candacraig
  • Bridge of Gairn

before finally leading into the River Dee, near Ballater.

Tributaries

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The River Gairn has many unnamed tributaries leading into it, but the named ones are as follows, from source to mouth:

  • Wester Kim
  • Wester Shenalt
  • Eastercon
  • Easter Shenalt
  • Corndavon Burn
  • Duchrie Burn
  • Wester Sleach Burn
  • Sleach Burn - a convergence of 'Allt Ruigh na Cuileige' and 'Allt Coire nam Freumh'
  • Allt Coire na Cloiche
  • Braenalion Burn
  • Rinioan Burn
  • Allt Coire an t-Slugain
  • West Milton Burn (and) East Milton Burn
  • Garchory Burn
  • Glenbardy Burn
  • Corrybeg Burn

References

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  1. ^ "River Gairn from the Gazetteer for Scotland".

57°03′21″N 3°04′06″W / 57.05595°N 3.06836°W / 57.05595; -3.06836