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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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river in the See also:south of See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scotland, pursuing a generally easterly direction from its source in the extreme See also:west of the See also:county till it reaches the See also:North See also:Sea at the See also:city of See also:Aberdeen. It rises in the See also:Wells of Dee, a See also:spring on See also:Ben Braeriach, one of the Cairngorms, at a height of 4061 ft. above the sea. It descends rapidly from this See also:altitude, and by the See also:time that it receives the Geusachan, on its right See also:bank, about 6 m. from its source, it has fallen 2421 ft. From the mountains flanking its upper reaches it is fed by numerous See also:burns named and unnamed. With its tributaries the river drains an See also:area of 1000 sq. m. Rapid and turbulent during the first See also:half of its course of 90 m., it broadens appreciably below Aboyne and the See also:rate of flow is diminished. The channel towards its mouth was artificially altered in See also:order to provide increased See also:dock See also:accommodation at Aberdeen, but, above, the stream is navigable for only See also:barges and small See also:craft for a few See also:miles. It runs through scenery of transcendent beauty, especially in See also:Braemar. About two miles above Inverey it enters a narrow rocky See also:gorge, 300 yds. See also:long and only a few feet wide at one See also:part, and forms the rapids and cascades of the famous Linn of Dee. One of the finest of Scottish See also:salmon streams, it retains its purity almost to the very end of its run. The principal921; places on the Dee, apart from private residences, are See also:Castleton of Braemar, See also:Ballater, Aboyne, Kincardine O'Neil, Banchory, Culter and Cults.

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