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Firth is the Scots word often used to denote a large sea bay in Scotland, which may be part of an estuary, or just an inlet, or even a strait (as in the case of the Pentland Firth). It is cognate to fjord, which has a more narrow sense in English, whereas a firth would most likely be called a fjord if it were situated in Scandinavia.A firth is generally the result of glaciation and very often associated with a large river, where erosion caused by the tidal effects of incoming sea water passing upriver has widened the riverbed to an estuary, such as may be seen in the Firth of Clyde. However, this cannot be said in every case. The Cromarty Firth on the East coast of Scotland, for example, resembles a large loch with only a relatively small outlet to the sea and the Solway Firth and the Moray Firth are more like extremely large bays.
See Pentland Firth.
1 The Firths on the West Coast of Scotland from North to South
- Firth of Lorn (northernmost, connects with the Moray Firth via the
- Great Glen lochs, the Caledonian CanalThe Caledonian Canal in Scotland connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast near Fort William. It runs some 100 kilometres in an North-east to South-west direction. Only one third of the entire length is man-made, the rest being for and Loch NessLoch Ness (from Gaelic Loch Nis is a large, deep freshwater lake (known in Scotland as a loch in the Scottish Highlands, extending for approximately 23 miles (37 km) to the south-west of Inverness. It is the largest body of water in the geological fault l at InvernessThis article is about the city of Inverness in Scotland. For other places of the same name, see Inverness (disambiguation). Inverness Lieutenancy Site of city shown in red Inverness is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the mouth of the R.
- Lochs adjoining the Firth: Loch LochyLoch Lochy is a large body of fresh water in the Highlands of Scotland. Situated 16 kilometers southwest of Loch Ness along the Great Glen, the loch is over 15 kilometers long with an average width of about 1 kilometer. The River Lochy flows from its sout, Loch LinnheLoch Linnhe is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. Loch Linnhe extends 15 kilometers and is an average of 2 kilometers wide. It opens onto the Firth of Lorn at its southwestern end by Loch Leven. The town of Fort William lies at the northeast end of, Loch LevenLoch Leven is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. Loch Leven extends 14 kilometers, varying in width between 200 and 1800 meters. It opens onto Ballachulish Bay, part of Loch Linnhe at its western end. There are seven small islands, some rocky and c, Loch Oich .
- Places: Oban, Fort William. Islands: Island of Mull , Lismore and Kerrera.
- Firth of Clyde (estuary of the River Clyde)
- Sea lochs adjoining the Firth of Clyde: Loch Goit , Loch Eck , Loch Long, Holy Loch and Gare Loch.
- Places: Erskine Bridge , Greenock, Clydebank, Glasgow, Dunoon, Helensburgh. Dumbarton.
- Islands: Bute, Great Cumbrae, Islands of the lower Firth of Clyde.
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