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| River Clyde | |
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.jpg) The River Clyde running through the city of Glasgow | |
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| Native name | Abhainn Chluaidh (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| State | United Kingdom |
| Council areas | South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Argyll and Bute |
| City | Glasgow |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire |
| • location | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| • coordinates | 55°24′23.8″N 3°39′8.9″W / 55.406611°N 3.652472°W |
| Mouth | Firth of Clyde |
• location | Tail of the Bank, between Greenock and Ardmore Point near Helensburgh, Scotland |
• coordinates | 55°58′12″N 4°45′15″W / 55.97000°N 4.75417°W |
| Length | 110 mi (180 km)[1] |
| Basin size | 1,545 sq mi (4,000 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Designation | |
| Official name | Inner Clyde Estuary |
| Designated | 5 September 2000 |
| Reference no. | 1036[2] |
The River Clyde (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh, pronounced [ˈavɪɲ ˈxl̪ˠuəj]) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde, in the west of Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland after the River Tay and the River Spey. It runs through the city of Glasgow. The River Clyde estuary has an upper tidal limit located at the tidal weir next to Glasgow Green.[3]
Historically, it was important to the British Empire because of its role in shipbuilding and trade.[4] To the Romans, it was Clota,[5] and in the early medieval Cumbric language, it was known as Clud or Clut. It was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut).[6]
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- ^ "Inner Clyde Estuary". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow, Glasgow Green, Tidal Weir | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Clyde Built: How Scotland Became a Global Shipbuilding Hub". History Hit.
- ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org.
- ^ "Strathclyde | Celtic kingdom, Scotland, Britons | Britannica". www.britannica.com.