River Tummel
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The River Tummel (Template:Langx[1]) is a river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Water from the Tummel is used in the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, operated by SSE.[2]
As a tributary of the River Tay, the Tummel is included as part of the River Tay Special Area of Conservation. The designation notes the river system's importance for salmon, otters, brook lampreys, river lampreys and sea lampreys.[3]
Description
Discharging from Loch Rannoch, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the southeast, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of Script error: No such module "convert". from its source in Stob Ghabbar (Script error: No such module "convert".). Its only considerable affluent is the Garry, Script error: No such module "convert". long, an impetuous river which issues from Loch Garry (Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level). Some 2 miles from its outlet from Loch Rannoch the river expands into Dunalastair Water (or Dunalastair Reservoir), a man made loch formed by a weir, part of the Tummel Hydro Electric power scheme. About midway in its course the Tummel expands into Loch Tummel, between which and the confluence with the Garry occur the Pass and Falls of the Tummel, which are rather in the nature of rapids, the descent altogether amounting to Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn Loch Tummel was previously Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". deep, but with the construction of the Clunie Dam in 1950, the water level was raised by 4.5 metres,[4] and Loch Tummel is now approximately Script error: No such module "convert". long.[5]
The scenery throughout this reach is most picturesque, culminating at the point above the eastern extremity of the loch, known as the "Queen's View" (Queen Victoria made the view famous in 1866, although it is said to have been named after Queen Isabel, wife of Robert the Bruce).[6][7] The chief places of interest on the river are Kinloch Rannoch; Dunalastair, a rocky hill in well-wooded grounds, the embellishment of which was largely due to Alexander Robertson of Struan, the Jacobite and poet, from whom the spot takes its name (the stronghold of Alexander); Foss; Faskally House (beautifully situated on the left bank); Pitlochry; and Ballinluig.Template:Sfn
The ancient name of the river, in its upper reaches at least, was the Dubhag.[8]
Notes
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- ↑ Tom Weir. The Scottish Lochs. pp. 77. Published by Constable and Company, 1980. Template:ISBN
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References
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