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    in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. Loch A'an, also called Loch Avon, is the source of the River Avon. Loch A'an is oriented southwest–northeast and...
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    source of the River Avon is conventionally said to be Loch A'an situated between Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui (Gaelic: Beinn MacDhuibh). Loch A'an itself collects...
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  • W X Y Z Loch A'an (also known as Loch Avon, Cairngorms) Loch of Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) Loch Achaidh na h-Inich (near Plockton, Lochalsh) Loch Achall (east...
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    Stratha'an (category Strath Avon)
    glacial troughs is that of Loch A'an. Several of the mountains in the area - including Ben Mheadhoin, Bynack More and Ben Avon - have granite tors (known...
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    Angling for trout and salmon is popular in the lochs and rivers that surround the mountains, and Loch Avon in the very heart of the range is noted for its...
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    Cairn Gorm (category Strath Avon)
    Chais. The southern slopes of Cairn Gorm overlook the remote Loch Avon (pronounced Loch A'an). The mountain shares its name with the wider Cairngorms...
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    Ben Macdui (category Strath Avon)
    alternative route follows the path coming up from Loch Etchachan. This loch may be reached from Loch Avon to the north or by coming up from Glen Derry to...
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    section at the end. For Scottish estuaries, please see under firths and sea lochs. The Scots have many words for watercourses. A "Water" (Lallans: "Watter"...
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    since 1981. The site is composed of five separate lochs: Etchachan, Uiane, Coire an Lochain, Avon and Einich. All five lakes are extremely oligotrophic...
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    drained by the Mill Burn on its western side, which eventually joins the Avon. The loch is the source of the town of Linlithgow's name; the British llyn laith...
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    stream coming from Fannyside Lochs in North Lanarkshire, some 3 miles (5 km) east of Cumbernauld, but that is not the Avon's source even if some water drains...
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  • November 1946, completed 16 July 1947, maiden voyage 1 August 1947. SS Loch Avon, refrigerated cargo ship for Royal Mail Line, launched 27 November 1946...
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    reference NH994010, close to the Garbh Uisge Beag, which drains into Loch Avon. This patch sits at an altitude of 1,060 metres (3,478 ft). Lying at the...
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    Gorm ski centre, but this involves crossing or bypassing Cairn Gorm, Loch Avon, Beinn Mheadhoin and Beinn a' Chaorainn before reaching the mountain and...
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  • lochs adjoining the Firth of Clyde: Gare Loch, Loch Long, Holy Loch, Loch Striven, Loch Riddon off the Kyles of Bute, Loch Fyne and Campbeltown Loch....
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    Beinn Mheadhoin (Cairngorms) (category Strath Avon)
    to Loch Avon via Coire Raibert. The route then goes round the head of the loch, passing the famous Shelter Stone, before rising again to reach Loch Etchachan...
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  • at Loch nan Eun and Lochnagar beneath the mountain of Lochnagar, Loch Brandy and Loch Wharral above Glen Clova, Lochan nan Gabhar beneath Ben Avon and...
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  • a Lochside and an East Lochgate with the outflow running into the Avon water. Loch Gate is recorded on the 1897 OS maps as a remnant, close to Lochgate...
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    Gorm ski centre, but this involves crossing or bypassing Cairn Gorm, Loch Avon and Beinn Mheadhoin before reaching the mountain and is a long, hard walk...
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    down from Loch Etchachan. Continuing north the Laoigh crosses the Dee–Avon watershed at 740 metres (2,430 ft) and descends to the Fords of Avon refuge,...
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    Lochnagar (redirect from Loch na gar)
    to a mountain lake in the northeast corrie, Lochan na Gaire, the 'little loch of the noisy sound'. Beinn Chìochan or Beinn nan Cìochan, 'mountain of breasts'...
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    height and by prominence, see the "List of Munro mountains in Scotland". 1c. Loch Lomond to Strathyre Beinn a' Chroin (941.4 m) Gaelic: Beinn a' Chroin [peɲ...
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  • Loch Black Loch Brother Loch Little Loch Pilmuir Reservoir Loch Craig Bennan Loch Corsehouse Reservoir (on the border with East Ayrshire) Long Loch Loch...
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    Avon River is a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, located in the West Gippsland region, of the Australian state of Victoria. The Avon,...
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  • Water, from the Black Loch to Daldowie South Calder Water, near Wishaw Calder Water, near Strathaven, a tributary of the Avon Water This disambiguation...
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  • Kelso Loch Lomond (Reservoir nr Ben Lomond) Millbrae Montrose Ross Scotia Scotts Valley Stewartville Sunny Brae Watsonville Adams County Arlington Avon Burns...
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  • Sawyer 1990, pp. 378–79. "Athenic". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017. "Loch Avon". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 363. Mitchell...
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    County Lock (category Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal)
    is now administered by the Canal & River Trust as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Downstream from the lock is Brewery Gut, a particularly fast flowing...
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    Dramatic Art in 1953. He made his stage debut in 1954, at Stratford-upon-Avon, playing a spear carrier in a staging of Othello. Two years later, he made...
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    Spey is 107 miles (172 km) long. It rises at over 1,000 feet (300 m) at Loch Spey in Corrieyairack Forest in the Scottish Highlands, 10 miles (16 km)...
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