List of rivers of Scotland - Quiz
List of rivers of Scotland
  • 1. Which river has the Main Water of Luce and Cross water of Luce as its tributaries?
A) Water of Luce
B) Urr Water
C) River Cree
D) River Bladnoch
  • 2. Which water is a tributary of the River Bladnoch?
A) Skyre Burn
B) Tarff Water
C) Tarf Water
D) Water of Fleet
  • 3. Which burn is a tributary of the River Bladnoch?
A) Moneypool Burn
B) Black Burn
C) Penkiln Burn
D) Palnure Burn
  • 4. Which river's catchment includes the Water of Minnoch?
A) River Dee
B) River Cree
C) River Nith
D) River Annan
  • 5. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the River Cree?
A) Black Burn
B) Penkiln Burn
C) Tarf Water
D) Skyre Burn
  • 6. What is the right-bank tributary of the Water of Fleet?
A) Skyre Burn
B) Little Water of Fleet
C) Tarff Water
D) Big Water of Fleet
  • 7. What is another name for the River Dee above its confluence with the Water of Ken?
A) White Esk
B) Black Water of Dee
C) Water of Minnoch
D) Border Esk
  • 8. Which is a tributary of the River Dee?
A) River Sark
B) Mein Water
C) Kirtle Water
D) Tarff Water
  • 9. Which water is a left-bank tributary in the Dee catchment?
A) Water of Ken
B) Polharrow Burn
C) Carsphairn Lane
D) Water of Deugh
  • 10. Which lane is a right-bank tributary in the Dee catchment?
A) Cargen Water
B) Kirkgunzeon Lane
C) Carsphairn Lane
D) New Abbey Pow
  • 11. Which of the following is an Urr catchment river?
A) Urr Water
B) Liddel Water
C) Lochar Water
D) Annan Water
  • 12. Which lane is a left-bank tributary of Urr Water?
A) Penkiln Burn
B) Polharrow Burn
C) Kirkgunzeon Lane
D) Carsphairn Lane
  • 13. Which water is a right-bank tributary of the River Nith?
A) Mennock Water
B) Cample Water
C) Cargen Water
D) Carron Water
  • 14. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the River Nith?
A) Scaur Water
B) Cluden Water
C) Cample Water
D) Shinnel Water
  • 15. What is an alternative name for Scaur Water?
A) Scar Water
B) White Esk
C) Black Water
D) Border Esk
  • 16. Which water is a right-bank tributary forming part of the Cairn Water system?
A) Old Water
B) Castlefairn Water
C) Mein Water
D) Dalwhat Water
  • 17. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the Cairn Water?
A) Old Water
B) Dalwhat Water
C) Castlefairn Water
D) Dryfe Water
  • 18. Which minor catchment water is listed after the Nith tributaries?
A) Annan Water
B) Lochar Water
C) River Lyne
D) Kirtle Water
  • 19. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the River Annan?
A) Corrie Water
B) Mein Water
C) Kinnel Water
D) Water of Ae
  • 20. Which water is a right-bank tributary of the River Annan?
A) Water of Milk
B) Mein Water
C) Wamphray Water
D) Corrie Water
  • 21. Which river is also known as the 'Border' Esk?
A) River Cree
B) River Bladnoch
C) River Nith
D) River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway
  • 22. Which water enters the tidal section of the Esk catchment as a right-bank tributary?
A) Liddel Water
B) Kershope Burn
C) River Lyne
D) Kirtle Water
  • 23. Which river straddles the border in its lower reaches and enters the tidal section?
A) River Sark
B) River Lyne
C) Ewes Water
D) River Esk
  • 24. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the River Esk?
A) Wauchope Water
B) River Lyne
C) Hermitage Water
D) Garwald Water
  • 25. Which burn is a left-bank tributary of Liddel Water?
A) Whitrope Burn
B) Kershope Burn
C) Hermitage Water
D) Roughley Burn
  • 26. Which burn is a right-bank tributary of Liddel Water?
A) Kershope Burn
B) Whitrope Burn
C) Roughley Burn
D) Hermitage Water
  • 27. Which water is a right-bank tributary of the Esk?
A) Ewes Water
B) Tarras Water
C) Wauchope Water
D) Meggat Water
  • 28. Which water is a left-bank tributary of the Esk?
A) Wauchope Water
B) Tarras Water
C) Garwald Water
D) Hermitage Water
  • 29. Which water forms the right-hand source of the Esk?
A) Garwald Water
B) White Esk
C) Meggat Water
D) Black Esk
  • 30. Which water forms the left-hand source of the Esk?
A) Ewes Water
B) Black Esk
C) White Esk
D) Garwald Water
  • 31. Which sea do the rivers in the provided text flow into?
A) Norwegian Sea
B) Irish Sea
C) Celtic Sea
D) North Sea
  • 32. Which water drains Loch Lubnaig?
A) Eas Gobhain
B) Garbh Uisge
C) Keltie Water
D) Goodie Water
  • 33. Which water drains Loch Venachar?
A) Garbh Uisge
B) Eas Gobhain
C) Kelty Water
D) Duchray Water
  • 34. Kendrum Burn flows into which loch?
A) Loch Tay
B) Loch Lubnaig
C) Loch Earn
D) Loch Rannoch
  • 35. River Quaich flows into which loch?
A) Loch Tay
B) Loch Rannoch
C) Loch Freuchie
D) Loch Earn
  • 36. Allt Camghouran enters which loch?
A) Loch Rannoch
B) Loch Tay
C) Loch Earn
D) Loch Eigheach
  • 37. Allt Eigheach enters which loch?
A) Loch Rannoch
B) Loch Tay
C) Loch Eigheach
D) Loch Laidon
  • 38. Abhainn Bà enters which loch?
A) Loch Eigheach
B) Loch Tay
C) Loch Laidon
D) Loch Rannoch
  • 39. What are the upper reaches of Keltney Burn known as?
A) Allt Chaldar
B) Allt Conait
C) Allt Mor
D) Allt Girnaig
  • 40. Kinness Burn is grouped under which heading?
A) Tay catchment
B) Forth catchment
C) Eden catchment
D) Simple coastal catchments
  • 41. Goodie Water is a tributary of which catchment system?
A) Eden catchment
B) Leven catchment
C) Forth catchment
D) Tay catchment
  • 42. Water of May is a right tributary within which major catchment?
A) Tay catchment
B) Forth catchment
C) Eden catchment
D) Leven catchment
  • 43. Ruthven Water is a tributary of the River Tay system located on which side?
A) Both
B) None
C) Right
D) Left
  • 44. River Ardle is what type of component forming the Shee Water?
A) Left side
B) Right side
C) Outflow
D) Tributary
  • 45. Allt Fearnach is what type of component forming the Shee Water?
A) Outflow
B) Right side
C) Tributary
D) Left side
  • 46. How is the list of rivers in Scotland organised?
A) By length from longest to shortest
B) Geographically, taken anti-clockwise from Berwick-upon-Tweed
C) Chronologically by discovery
D) Alphabetically by river name
  • 47. How are tributaries listed in the text?
A) From mouth to source sequentially
B) Down the page in an upstream loop direction
C) By volume of water flow
D) Alphabetically under each catchment
  • 48. What does the abbreviation (L) indicate?
A) Lower section of the river
B) Left fork of a named river
C) Left-bank tributary
D) Large watercourse
  • 49. What does the abbreviation (R) indicate?
A) Rapid water flow
B) Right-bank tributary
C) Reservoir
D) Right fork of a named river
  • 50. Where are rivers on Scottish islands listed?
A) They are excluded entirely
B) Under the main coastal sections
C) Separately
D) At the beginning of the text
  • 51. What is the Lallans word for a smaller river known as a 'Water'?
A) Watter
B) Uisge
C) Allt
D) Bourne
  • 52. How is the Gaelic word 'allt' typically anglicised?
A) Avon
B) Ault/alt
C) Water
D) Bourne
  • 53. How is the Gaelic word 'Abhainn' anglicised?
A) Bourne
B) Ault
C) Watter
D) Avon
  • 54. Is the River Teviot a left or right-bank tributary of the River Tweed?
A) Left-bank
B) It is a left fork
C) It is a right fork
D) Right-bank
  • 55. Where does the Burn of Mosset drain into?
A) Beauly Firth
B) Kyle of Sutherland
C) Findhorn Bay
D) Dornoch Firth
  • 56. Which water body does Moniack Burn flow into?
A) Dornoch Firth
B) Findhorn Bay
C) Beauly Firth
D) North Sea
  • 57. What is the alternative name for the Lettie River?
A) Abhainn na Frithe
B) Abhainn an t-Sratha Charnaig
C) Rappach Water
D) Abhainn Leataidh
  • 58. On which island is the Mill Dam Burn located according to the Orkney section?
A) Shapinsay
B) Mainland
C) Jura
D) Lewis
  • 59. What is the approximate catchment area of the River Tay in square miles?
A) 1,097 square miles
B) 1,500 square miles
C) c. 2,000 square miles
D) 5,200 square miles
  • 60. What is the catchment area of the River Tweed in square miles?
A) 2,000 square miles
B) 1,500 square miles
C) 1,097 square miles
D) 2,840 square miles
  • 61. What is the catchment area of the River Spey in square miles?
A) 1,097 square miles
B) 3,900 square miles
C) 1,500 square miles
D) 2,000 square miles
  • 62. Ale Water is a tributary of which major river besides Eye Water?
A) Tay
B) Clyde
C) Spey
D) Tweed
  • 63. In which area is the River Almond located as a standalone named entry?
A) Lothian
B) Skye
C) Mull
D) Fife
  • 64. Where is the River Avon specifically located according to the Falkirk entry?
A) Skye
B) Mull
C) Falkirk
D) Fife
  • 65. The River Avon is listed as a tributary of which river?
A) Forth
B) Spey
C) Tay
D) Clyde
  • 66. Avon Water is a tributary of which river?
A) Tay
B) Tweed
C) Clyde
D) Spey
  • 67. On which island is the River Bà located?
A) Skye
B) Mull
C) Islay
D) Rùm
  • 68. Where is the Barr Water located?
A) Kintyre
B) Mull
C) Islay
D) Morvern
  • 69. Carron Water is a tributary of which river?
A) Spey
B) Nith
C) Tay
D) Clyde
  • 70. Where is the River Conon located as a standalone island entry?
A) Rùm
B) Islay
C) Mull
D) Skye
  • 71. Where is the River Dee associated with Aberdeen located?
A) Fife
B) Galloway
C) Lothian
D) Aberdeenshire
  • 72. Where is the Dibidil River located?
A) Rùm
B) Mull
C) Skye
D) Arran
  • 73. Where is the River Eden located?
A) Angus
B) Falkirk
C) Lothian
D) Fife
  • 74. River Lochy is associated with which major Scottish geographic feature?
A) Great Glen
B) Cromarty Firth
C) Strathglass
D) Rannoch Moor
  • 75. Where is the Machrie River located?
A) Skye
B) Arran
C) Islay
D) Rùm
  • 76. Where is the Machrie Water located?
A) Mull
B) Skye
C) Arran
D) Islay
  • 77. What does the Gaelic word 'Mor' mean in the context of river names like Abhainn Mór?
A) small or little
B) black or dark
C) fast or swift
D) large or great
  • 78. According to the text, what type of figures were taken from the quoted source for catchment areas?
A) Imperial figures
B) Modern figures
C) Estimated figures
D) Metric figures
  • 79. According to the notes in the text, which figures are described as less certain?
A) historical figures
B) metric figures
C) imperial figures
D) catchment figures
  • 80. What symbol is used in the text to signify 'tributary of'?
A) +
B) >
C) <
D) =
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