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River Tweed - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Beck, Branch, Brook, Burn, Cascade, Cataract, Channel, Creek, Crick, Deluge, Estuary, Flood, Flow, Gill, Kill |
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 The River Tweed at Abbotsford, near Melrose The River Tweed (156 kilometres or 97 miles long) flows primarily through the Borders region of Scotland. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweeds Well. It drains the entire Borders region. Its lower reaches mark the Scots border with England for 27 kilometres near Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great Salmon rivers of Scotland.
Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Tweed affluents include:
- Whitadder Water
- River Till
- Eden Water
- River Teviot
- Leader Water
- Gala Water
- Ettrick Water
- Leithen Water
- Quair Water
- Eddleston Water
- Manor Water
- Lyne Water
- Holms Water
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