Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clyde

Clyde, the most important river of Scotland, and the third in point of magnitude; it rises, in numerous head-streams, at 1400 ft. above sea-level, on the mountains in the extreme SE. of Lanarkshire; flows in a NW. direction past Lanark, Hamilton, and Glasgow, and merges in the Firth of Clyde below Dumbarton; is 98 miles long, has basin area of 1580 sq. m., and is navigable to Glasgow for the largest class of merchant vessels. Near Lanark are the celebrated Falls of Clyde, four in number -- (1) Bonnington Linn, a single leap of 30 ft.; (2) Corra Linn, forming 3 successive falls of 84 ft.; (3) Dundaff Linn, a cascade of 10 ft.; and (4) Stonebyres, forming 3 successive falls of 70 ft. The Vale of Clyde, or Clydesdale, is famous for its orchards, horses, and coal and iron mines; it gives the title of Marquis to the Duke of Hamilton.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the most important river of Scotland"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Clyde

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