Kip Water | |
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Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Counties | Inverclyde |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Compensation Reservoir in Inverclyde |
• location | Cornalees Bridge, Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom |
• coordinates | 55°54′34.0″N 4°48′21.0″W / 55.909444°N 4.805833°W |
• elevation | 178 m (584 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Inverkip, Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom |
• coordinates | 55°54′29.8″N 4°52′37.7″W / 55.908278°N 4.877139°W |
Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Firth of Clyde at Kip Marina |
Kip Water, also known as the River Kip, is a short river in Inverclyde, Scotland which gives the village of Inverkip its name (Inverkip = mouth of the River Kip). It originates at Cornalees in the hills between Inverkip and Greenock and runs through Shielhill Glen, Dunrod Glen and the Kip Valley before entering the Firth of Clyde at Kip Marina in Inverkip.