River Tweed

For other rivers with this name, see Tweed River (disambiguation).

River Tweed
River
The River Tweed at Coldstream
Country	United Kingdom
Part	Scotland, England
Source	Tweed's Well
- location	Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland
- coordinates	55.445°N 3.496°W / 55.445; -3.496
Mouth	North Sea
- location	Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
- coordinates	55.7652°N 1.9909°W / 55.7652; -1.9909
Length	156 km (97 mi)

The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Thuaidh) is 97 miles (156 km) long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying has it. It drains the entire Borders region. Its lower reaches are near Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great salmon rivers of Britain and the only river in England where an Environment Agency rod licence is not required for angling.

Catchment of the River Tweed

The valley floor on which the river flows is a drumlin field and is the relic of a paleo ice stream that flowed through the area during the last glaciation. Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed, where it flows into the North Sea. Tweed tributaries include:

• Whiteadder Water
  • Blackadder Water
• River Till
• Eden Water
• Teviot Water
• Leader Water
• Leithen Water
• Quair Water
• Eddleston Water
• Manor Water
• Lyne Water
• Holms Water

See also

• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• Tweeddale
• Anglo–Scottish border
• Union Bridge
• Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland
• Rivers of the United Kingdom
• Both sides the Tweed

Gallery

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  The River Tweed at Abbotsford, near Melrose

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  The River Tweed from Mertoun House, near St Boswells

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  Catchment and tributaries of the River Tweed.

External links

• British Waterways: River Tweed
• The River Tweed Commission website
• The Tweed Foundation
• Tweed Forum website
• River Tweed: Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
• SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency): River Level Data
• River Tweed map
• Gazetteer for Scotland: River Tweed
• Paper describing palaeo-icestream and landforms in the Tweed Valley
• Map and aerial photo sources for Tweed's Well and Tweedmouth