词条 | Biggar Water |
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| name = Biggar Water | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Scotland, United Kingdom | subdivision_type2 = Council area | subdivision_name2 = South Lanarkshire | subdivision_type3 = OS grid reference | subdivision_name3 = {{gbmappingsmall|NT045375}} | pushpin_map = UK Scotland | pushpin_map_relief = yes | image = Confluence of the Biggar Water and Tweed - geograph.org.uk - 16677.jpg | image_caption = Confluence of the Biggar Water and Tweed | image_alt = | mouth = Confluence with the River Tweed | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|55.603074|-3.377176|display=inline,title}} }} Biggar Water is a river in Lanarkshire and Peeblesshire, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It forms part of the River Tweed system. It rises, as Biggar Burn, in the north-east of the parish of Biggar, South Lanarkshire and flows about {{convert|6+3/4|mi}} generally south-westerly toward the town of Biggar, where it becomes Biggar Water. It then flows about {{convert|5|mi}} eastwards before its confluence with the Tweed {{convert|3/4|mi}} mile north-east of Drumelzier in Peeblesshire.[1] See also{{stack|{{Commons category|Biggar Water}}}}
References1. ^Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Skirling {{Borders-geo-stub}}{{Scotland-river-stub}} 3 : Rivers of the Scottish Borders|Tributaries of the River Tweed|Tweed catchment |
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