Strath Burn is a
stream
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which has its
source
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in the
Flow Country
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of
Caithness
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,
Scotland
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, at a
height
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above
sea level
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of around 70 metres, at the
confluence
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of
Kensary Burn, and
Rowens Burn, and about five kilometres south of the village of
Watten
Watten may refer to:
Places
* Watten, Nord, a commune in the Nord ''département'' of France
** ''Blockhaus d'Éperlecques'' or Watten bunker, intended to be a launching facility for the V-2 ballistic missile
* Watten, Highland, a village in Cai ...
.
Strath Burn meanders generally northward across a distance of about four kilometres, with the
Moss of Badarclay to its west, to join
Scouthal Burn and so form the source of the
Wick River
Wick River, known also as River Wick, is a river in Caithness in Highland, Scotland. It has its source at the confluence of Scouthal Burn and Strath Burn near Achingale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss () in the Flow Country. The ...
, at around 25 metres and about one kilometre south of Watten.
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Rivers of Highland (council area)