Anonymous beauty along the River Brora - geograph

The River Brora ( gd, Brùra) is an east-flowing river in Sutherland in the

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. It is formed where its headwater streams, Allt Gobhlach and Allt nan Con-uisge meet. As a part of the

Loch Shin Loch Shin ( gd, Loch Sìn, ) is a loch in the Scottish North West Highlands. To the south is the small town of Lairg. The loch, the largest in Sutherland, runs from the north-west to the south-east and is long. In the 1950s, the level of the loc ...

Hydro Scheme, some of its flow is now diverted at Dalnessie into the Féith Osdail, a tributary of the

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. It then flows southeastwards down Strath Brora to Dalreavoch. The river then briefly turns northeast and then east, before turning southeastwards once again to pass through the three distinct basins of Loch Brora to enter the Moray Firth on the

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at the town of Brora. Its one principal tributary is the Black Water which enters on its left bank at Balnacoil. The Black Water is itself fed by the River Skinsdale and the Coirefrois Burn.Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale Landranger map sheets 16,17

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