The River Deveron known anciently as the Dovern, is a river in the north east of Scotland

Scotland

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. The river has a length of 60 miles, and has a reputation for its salmon

Salmon

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, sea trout and brown trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

 fishing. In its upper reaches peaty water flows over a bottom of shingle and rock and is fast flowing.

The river has its source in the Ladder Hills between Glenbuchat and the Cabrach

Cabrach

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, part of the Grampian range

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. It begins as a small highland stream among peaty and heather covered country before leaving the hills and entering the rolling lowlands of fertile farmland. The two main streams in its upper course are the Alt Deveron and the Black Water. Some 17 miles downstream from the river's source, the river passes through the town of Huntly, where it is joined by its tributary, the River Bogie.

The Deveron is "the dark-rolling stream Duvranna" of James Macpherson

James Macpherson

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's Ossian

Ossian

Ossian is the narrator and supposed author of a cycle of poems which the Scottish poet James Macpherson claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic. He is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicised to Finn McCool, a character from Irish mythology...

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Four miles further downstream the Deveron's second tributary, the River Isla

River Isla, Moray

The River Isla is a tributary of the River Deveron in North-East Scotland. The area surrounding it is known as Strathisla...

 flows in from the northwest. From this point on the Deveron becomes a mature river, pursuing a winding course through Turriff

Turriff

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 and finally flowing into the Moray Firth

Moray Firth

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 between the twin towns of Banff

Banff, Aberdeenshire

Banff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron...

 and Macduff

Macduff, Aberdeenshire

Macduff is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Macduff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron...

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