River Gairn

Gairn Water (also known as the River Gairn), situated in the Cairngorms National Park, is a river in Scotland with an elevation of 899 feet and a length of 4.75 kilometres.

Course[edit]

The Gairn's source stems from a number of tributaries on the slopes of Carn Eas and Ben Avon in the Grampian Mountains of Aberdeenshire in Scotland.^[1] The river moves East South East for its entire course, passing through/near:

Daldownie
Rinloan
Dalfad
Torbeg
Lary
Candacraig
Bridge of Gairn

before finally leading into the River Dee, near Ballater.

Tributaries[edit]

The River Gairn has many unnamed tributaries leading into it, but the named ones are as follows, from source to mouth:

Wester Kim
Wester Shenalt
Eastercon
Easter Shenalt
Corndavon Burn
Duchrie Burn
Wester Sleach Burn
Sleach Burn - a convergence of 'Allt Ruigh na Cuileige' and 'Allt Coire nam Freumh'
Allt Coire na Cloiche
Braenalion Burn
Rinioan Burn
Allt Coire an t-Slugain
West Milton Burn (and) East Milton Burn
Garchory Burn
Glenbardy Burn
Corrybeg Burn

References[edit]

^ "River Gairn from the Gazetteer for Scotland".

57°03′21″N 3°04′06″W / 57.05595°N 3.06836°W / 57.05595; -3.06836

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[1] "River Gairn from the Gazetteer for Scotland".

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