River Carron, Wester Ross
- River Carron, Wester Ross
:"Glen Carron redirects here. For the New Zealand football team, see Glen Carron (soccer)."River Carron is a river in Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland. The river rises in Ledgowan Forest. It gathers its head-streams through Carron Bog, then enters Loch Scaven and flows out from there.
From Achnashellach the river meanders convert|19|km|mi|0|lk=on southwest through the broad strath of Glen Carron and expands at one part into Loch Doule (or Doughaill). About convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on further southwest, it enters the Inner Sound at the head of Loch Carron near Achintee.
The A890 and a branch of the Highland railway, which extends to Kyle of Lochalsh, runs along part of the river's southeast shore.
Stocking of juvenile Atlantic salmon into the River Carron has brought this fish back from the brink of local extinction. Having made a dramatic recovery, the salmon has contributed to an improvement in the biodiversity of the whole area with kingfishers now established locally, as well as increased numbers of ospreys visiting. [cite news| url=http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk/defaultpage121bc1.aspx?pageID=131&rlID=447| paper=The Herald| title=Dramatic recovery for salmon in River Carron| date=2006-12-12| author=Graeme Smith| accessdate=2007-04-28]
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Rivière Carron (Wester Ross) — 57° 25′ 33″ N 5° 26′ 02″ W / 57.42592, 5.43377 … Wikipédia en Français
Carron — There are a number of places in Scotland named Carron:Rivers: *River Carron (Forth) in Central Scotland *River Carron, Wester Ross *River Carron, Sutherland *Carron Water, Aberdeenshire flows into the North Sea in Stonehaven *Carron Water,… … Wikipedia
Loch Scaven — Infobox lake lake name = Loch Scaven image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Wester Ross, Scotland coords = coord|57|31|23|N|5|9|54|W|region:GB type:waterbody|display=inline,title type = freshwater loch… … Wikipedia
Strathcarron — may refer to:*Baron Strathcarron *Strathcarron railway station *Strathcarron, Highland, a village in Scotland *the valley of the River Carron, Wester Ross *the valley of the River Carron (Forth) *the valley of the River Carron, Sutherland … Wikipedia
Loch Dùghaill — Infobox lake lake name = Loch Dùghaill image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Wester Ross, Scotland coords = coord|57|28|N|5|22|W|region:GB type:waterbody source:GNS enwiki|display=inline,title type =… … Wikipedia
Sgorr Ruadh — Infobox Mountain Name = Sgorr Ruadh Photo = Sgorr Ruadh from Beinn Liath Mhor.jpg Caption = Sgorr Ruadh seen from Beinn Liath Mhòr Elevation = 962 m (3156 ft) Location = Wester Ross, SCO Range = Northwest Highlands Prominence = 727 m Parent peak … Wikipedia
Mòruisg — seen from Sgurr nan Ceannaichean across Coire Toll nan Bian. Elevation 928 m (3,045 ft) … Wikipedia
Ledgowan Forest — is a deer forest in the Scottish Highlands by the slopes of Lochnagar. It stands in Wester Ross to the southwest of Achnasheen. Ledgowan Forest is the location of Carron Bog, the starting point of the River Carron.Ledgowan Estate (which is almost … Wikipedia
Sgurr nan Ceannaichean — Infobox Mountain Name = Sgurr nan Ceannaichean Photo = Sgurr nan Ceannaichean.jpg Caption = Sgurr nan Ceannaichean seen from Sgurr Choinnich, 3.5 km to the south. Elevation = 915 m (3002 ft) Location = Wester Ross, SCO Range = Northwest Highlands … Wikipedia
Battle of Carbisdale — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Wars of the Three Kingdoms partof= Scottish Civil War caption=Ardvreck Castle where Montrose surrendered to Neil Macleod of Assyant after the Battle of Carbisdale date= 27 April 1650 place= Scroggie Wood, Ross… … Wikipedia
