River Nith

River Nith
The estuary o the River Nith, appenin intil the Solway Firth sooth o Dumfries
Kintra	Scotland
Basin
Main source	Enoch Hill 55°00′N 3°36′W / 55.000°N 3.600°W / 55.000; -3.600Coordinates: 55°00′N 3°36′W / 55.000°N 3.600°W / 55.000; -3.600
River mooth	Solway Firth
Basin size	1,230 km2 (470 sq mi)[1]
Pheesical chairacteristics
Lenth	71 mi (114 km)[2]

The River Nith (Scots Gaelic: Abhainn Nid; Laitin: Novius^[3]) is a river in soothwast Scotland. The Nith rises in the Carsphairn Hills o East Ayrshire, mair preceese atween Prickeny Hill an Enoch Hill, 4.4 mile east o Dawmellinton.^[4] For maist o its coorse it flowes in a soothlins direction throu Dumfries an Gallowa an syne intil the Solway Firth at Airds Pynt.^[4]

The laund that the river flowes throu is cawed Nithsdale (historical kent as "Stranit" fae the Scots Gaelic Strath Nin ("dale o the Nith").

1. ↑ "The River Nith Catchment Management Plan" Scottish Environment Protection Agency Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ "River Nith (East Ayrshire)"
3. ↑ 'Celtic Scotland' advertisement on google books
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Almanac of Scotland"