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river in the See also:Highlands of See also:Scotland. It rises in Mt Clach-a-Cheannaiche in the See also:north of See also:Lochaber, in See also:Inverness-See also:shire, at a height of 1497 ft. above the See also:sea. A mile from its source it forms the small See also:Loch Spey, and 31 M. See also:lower down it expands into the larger Loch See also:Inch. After See also:crossing the boundary of See also:Elginshire, below See also:Grantown, it pursues an extremely See also:serpentine course, as far as Craigellachie, where it begins to flow due northwards, becoming wholly a See also:Moray stream as it approaches See also:Fochabers, and falling by several mouths into the Moray See also:Firth at See also:Kingston. Its See also:total length is about I ro m. It is the most rapid river in Scotland and is nowhere properly navigable, though at Speymouth in its lowest reaches some See also:ship-See also:building has been intermittently carried on. The strength of its current is due partly to its lofty origin, and partly to the See also:volume of See also:water contributed by numberless affluents from the mountainous regions of ifs See also:birth. The more important tributaries are, on the See also:left, the Markie, See also:Calder, Dulnain, Tulchan, Ballintomb and See also:Rothes and, on the right, the Mashie, Truim, Tromie, Feshie, Nethy, See also:Avon, Fiddich and Mulben. Its See also:area of drainage is 1300 sq. m. At certain points the stream attains a considerable width, as at Alvie, where it is 150 ft. wide, and at See also:Kingussie, where its width is from 8o to roo ft. From below Craigellachie, and especially on the See also:low-lying See also:coast-See also:land, pools or stretches of See also:fair See also:size become frequent. For beauty of scenery Strathspey holds its own with any of the See also:great valleys of Scotland.

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salmon river the Spey yields only to the See also:Tay and See also:Tweed. It passes many interesting spots in its See also:long career, such as Laggan; See also:Cluny See also:Castle, the seat of Cluny See also:Macpherson; See also:Craig Dhu, the " See also:black See also:rock," and Kingussie. It flows past the See also:pine forests of Rothiemurchus; Granton, the See also:capital of Strathspey; Cromdale, where the clans-men suffered defeat at the hands of See also:William III.'s troops in 1690; Ballindalloch, with a splendid Scottish baronial castle, the seat of the Macpherson-Grants; and See also:Charlestown of Aberlour and its See also:fine See also:cataract.

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