River Ness | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Loch Dochfour |
• elevation | 52.49 ft (16.00 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Beauly Firth, Inverness |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 6.2 mi (10.0 km) |
Basin size | 1,850 km2 (710 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 91 m3/s (3,200 cu ft/s) |
The River Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nis) is a river in Highland, Scotland. It flows from Loch Dochfour,[1][2] at the northern end of Loch Ness, north-east to the mouth of the Beauly Firth at Inverness, a distance of about 6 miles (10 kilometres),[3] with a fall in height of about 16 metres (52 feet). The river is the origin of the name of Inverness, which is from Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the Ness".