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