River Spey
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river in Highland and Moray, Scotland, UK, flows into the Moray Firth at Kingston on Spey
Key facts
- Country
- Scotland
- State
- United Kingdom
- Source
- Loch Spey
- Location
- Roybridge , Scotland
- Coordinates
- 57°00′26″N 4°36′18″W / 57.00729°N 4.60499°W / 57.00729; -4.60499
- Elevation
- 349 m (1,145 ft)
- Mouth
- Moray Firth , Spey Bay
- Length
- 98 mi (158 km)
- Basin size
- 3,008 km (1,161 sq mi)
- Average
- 64 m /s (2,300 cu ft/s)
- Official name
- River Spey - Insh Marshes
- Designated
- 2 February 1997
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Moray
- Image
- River spey.jpg
- Length
- 172
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- Commons category
- River Spey
- mouth of the watercourse
- Moray Firth
- heritage designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- watershed area
- 3008
- discharge
- 64.0
- tributary
- River Avon
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- origin of the watercourse
- Loch Spey
- located in/on physical feature
- Strathspey
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Encyclopedic overview
The River Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland. At 107 mi (172 km) it is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom and the third longest and fastest-flowing river in Scotland. It is an important location for the traditions of salmon fishing and whisky production in Scotland.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “River Spey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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