Tarth Water
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The Tarth Water is a river in Peebleshire, in the Scottish Borders
. It forms part of the River Tweed
system. The river with a total length of 7.1 miles, rises on Mendick Hill, a Marilyn, and flows past the villages of Dolphinton and Blyth Bridge
before confluencing at Drochil Castle
with the Lyne Water
, a tributary of the Tweed.
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
. It forms part of the River Tweed
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
system. The river with a total length of 7.1 miles, rises on Mendick Hill, a Marilyn, and flows past the villages of Dolphinton and Blyth Bridge
Blyth Bridge
Blyth Bridge is a small hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near to West Linton.It is located in a bend on the A701 which goes from Moffat to Edinburgh, close to the junction with the East-West road the A72 which goes to Peebles....
before confluencing at Drochil Castle
Drochil Castle
Drochil Castle is a ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It is located above the Lyne Water, north-west of Peebles, and south of West Linton....
with the Lyne Water
Lyne Water
The Lyne Water is a tributary of the River Tweed which rises in the Pentland Hills of southern Scotland at Baddinsgill Reservoir. It runs through West Linton and Romannobridge, passes Flemington and Lyne Station and enters the Tweed west of Peebles. It floods regularly in winter and occasionally in...
, a tributary of the Tweed.