Wick River

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Wick River
The Wick River in Wick.
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	58°27′50″N 03°18′11″W / 58.46389°N 3.30306°W / 58.46389; -3.30306
Mouth
• location	Bay of Wick
• coordinates	58°26′32″N 03°05′18″W / 58.44222°N 3.08833°W / 58.44222; -3.08833

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 (grid reference ND 24070 53578) in the Flow Country. The river estuary (ND 36571 50934), is in the North Sea bay of Wick (ND378505) and is straddled by the town of Wick. The source is at a height of about 25 metres, about 11 kilometres west and 2 kilometres north of the estuary.

The river basin includes Loch Watten and Loch Tofingall (ND190522) to the west of the estuary, and Loch Hempriggs and the Loch of Yarrows (ND309438) to the south/southwest.