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The River Annan (Uisge Annan in Gaelic) is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in southwest Scotland
Scotland

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. It rises at the foot of Hart Fell, five miles north of Moffat
Moffat

Moffat is a former burgh and spa town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. The most notable building in the town is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John Adam ....
. A second fork rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub
Devil's Beef Tub

The Devil's Beef Tub is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scotland town of Moffat. The 500-foot deep hollow is formed by four hills, Great Hill, Scotland , Peat Knowe, Annanhead Hill, and Ericstane Hill....
 before joining at the Hart Fell fork north of Moffat.

From there it flows past the town of Lockerbie
Lockerbie

Lockerbie is a burgh in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately 70 miles south of Glasgow, 70 miles south east of Edinburgh, and north of the border with England....
, and to the sea in the fishing town of Annan
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway

The former royal burgh of Annan is a well-built town, red sandstone being the material mainly used. Among its public buildings is Annan Academy of which the writer Thomas Carlyle was a pupil, a Georgian architecture building now known as "Bridge House"....
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The River Annan (Uisge Annan in Gaelic) is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in southwest Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It rises at the foot of Hart Fell, five miles north of Moffat
Moffat

Moffat is a former burgh and spa town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. The most notable building in the town is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John Adam ....
. A second fork rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub
Devil's Beef Tub

The Devil's Beef Tub is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scotland town of Moffat. The 500-foot deep hollow is formed by four hills, Great Hill, Scotland , Peat Knowe, Annanhead Hill, and Ericstane Hill....
 before joining at the Hart Fell fork north of Moffat.

From there it flows past the town of Lockerbie
Lockerbie

Lockerbie is a burgh in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately 70 miles south of Glasgow, 70 miles south east of Edinburgh, and north of the border with England....
, and to the sea in the fishing town of Annan
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway

The former royal burgh of Annan is a well-built town, red sandstone being the material mainly used. Among its public buildings is Annan Academy of which the writer Thomas Carlyle was a pupil, a Georgian architecture building now known as "Bridge House"....
. It is one of the region's foremost fishing rivers, despite being used for many years by Chapelcross nuclear power station
Chapelcross nuclear power station

Chapelcross was a Magnox nuclear power plant located near the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland....
 for cooling purposes. The main fish found - and hence the target of anglers - are salmon and sea trout, brown trout, grayling and chub, with a few others such as pike. To fish on the Annan you need permission from the owner, but you do not need an EA rod licence (England only). Tickets can usually be booked on www.FishAnnan.co.uk.

Etymology

The etymology of the River Annan is unknown, although some sources suggest it may mean simply "water
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
", from a Celtic language
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
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See also

Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway

Annandale is a strath in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, named after the River Annan. It runs north-south from Moffat to Annan, Dumfries and Galloway on the Solway Firth....