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    The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, 47 km (29 mi) long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage...
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    The Firth of Forth (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North...
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    for its decline and the closure ended the movement of the east-coast Forth River fishing fleets across the country to fish the Irish Sea. The lack of...
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    The River Forth is a perennial river located in northwest Tasmania, Australia. The lower part of the river features Lake Barrington, which is a major venue...
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  • Australian Odinist Forth, Tasmania, Australia Forth, Eckental, Germany Forth, South Lanarkshire, Scotland River Forth, in Scotland River Forth (Tasmania), Australia...
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    (Gaelic: Carrann) is a river in central Scotland, rising in the Campsie Fells and flowing along Strathcarron into the Firth of Forth. It has given its name...
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  • The Battle of the River Forth was an air battle on 16 October 1939 between Supermarine Spitfires from No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force...
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    HMS Forth is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel in active service with the Royal Navy. Named after the River Forth, she is the first Batch 2...
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    Roman Empire to refer to the part of Scotland that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland. Today, it is used...
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    The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh....
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    Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. In 1296, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, defeated John Comyn, Earl...
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    position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth made it a focal point for travel north or south...
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    alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth. The Carse of Forth contrasts with the Ochil Hills to the north...
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    a stone bridge which crosses the River Forth. For over 300 years it provided the lowest crossing point of the Forth and so had strategic importance. The...
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    third of the island, known to the Romans as Caledonia, lay north of the River Forth in modern Scotland. It was intermittently but not permanently occupied...
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    The Islands of the Forth are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland...
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    (East Coast) Forth catchment River Forth Pow Burn (R) River Devon, Clackmannanshire (L) Black Devon (L) Bannock Burn (R) Allan Water (L) River Teith (L)...
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    Scotia was being used to refer to (Gaelic-speaking) Scotland north of the River Forth, alongside Albania or Albany, both derived from the Gaelic Alba. The...
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    is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth. Alloa is south of the Ochil...
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    The River Devon (formerly Dovan, Scottish Gaelic: Duibhe) is a tributary of the River Forth in Clackmannanshire and Perth & Kinross, Scotland. The source...
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  • Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forth, after the River Forth: HMS Forth was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed...
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  • the Forth Road Bridge, 2,512 m (8,241 ft) long; and the Forth Bridge, 2,498 m (8,196 ft) long. Rivers: Forth, River Avon, Water of Leith, River Almond...
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    Dunblane is built on the banks of the Allan Water (or River Allan), a tributary of the River Forth. Dunblane Cathedral is its most prominent landmark. Dunblane...
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    constructions, the name referred to the Forth and Clyde Canal connection to the sea and where it flowed into the River Forth. After Dundas died in 1781 his son...
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    Leny) and Eas Gobhain at Callander, Stirlingshire. It flows into the River Forth near Drip north-west of Stirling. The name Teith is obscure, but may...
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    Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth. Land in the vicinity of Bannockburn town, probably between the Pelstream...
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    Wallace Monument, it lies on the Allan Water, a northern tributary of the River Forth, built largely on the well-wooded slopes of the Westerton and Airthrey...
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    of the kingdom was formed by the lands around the River Tay. Its southern limit was the River Forth, northwards it extended towards the Moray Firth and...
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    Burn flows into the River Teith. It lies 8 miles (13 kilometres) northwest of Stirling, where the Teith flows into the River Forth. Upstream, 8 miles (13...
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    guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification in the region from the earliest...
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