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The River Dee, in south-west Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills
Galloway Hills

The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of Galloway. They lie chiefly in the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire ....
, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch
Clatteringshaws Loch

Clatteringshaws Loch is a reservoir in the Dumfries and Galloway district of southern Scotland. It was created by damming the Galloway River Dee, Galloway as part of the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme....
, then in to Loch Ken
Loch Ken

Loch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens valley, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the River Dee, Galloway....
, where it joins the Water of Ken
Water of Ken

The Water of Ken is a river in Galloway, south-west Scotland. It rises on Blacklorg Hill, north-east of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn, and flows south-westward into the Glenkens valley, passing through Carsfad and Earlstoun lochs, both of which are dammed to supply the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme....
. From there, the Dee flows 15 miles southwards to Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright, is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, situated at the mouth of the River Dee, Galloway, some six miles from the sea....
, and into Kirkcudbright Bay to reach the Solway
Solway Firth

The Solway Firth is a firth that forms part of the Anglo-Scottish border, between Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of Galloway, on the western end of Dumfries and Galloway....
. The distance is just over 38 miles in total. Together with its tributaries, the Dee's total catchment area is over 400 square miles.

The river is dammed at Tongland
Tongland

Tongland is a small village about 2 miles north of Kirkcudbright, south west Scotland. It lies on the west bank of the River Dee, Galloway.Tongland Abbey, a medieval Premonstratensian monastic community, existed here during the Middle Ages....
, two miles upriver from Kirkcudbright.






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The River Dee, in south-west Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, flows from its source in Loch Dee amongst the Galloway Hills
Galloway Hills

The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of Galloway. They lie chiefly in the old county of Kirkcudbrightshire ....
, firstly to Clatteringshaws Loch
Clatteringshaws Loch

Clatteringshaws Loch is a reservoir in the Dumfries and Galloway district of southern Scotland. It was created by damming the Galloway River Dee, Galloway as part of the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme....
, then in to Loch Ken
Loch Ken

Loch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens valley, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the River Dee, Galloway....
, where it joins the Water of Ken
Water of Ken

The Water of Ken is a river in Galloway, south-west Scotland. It rises on Blacklorg Hill, north-east of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn, and flows south-westward into the Glenkens valley, passing through Carsfad and Earlstoun lochs, both of which are dammed to supply the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme....
. From there, the Dee flows 15 miles southwards to Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright

Kirkcudbright, is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, situated at the mouth of the River Dee, Galloway, some six miles from the sea....
, and into Kirkcudbright Bay to reach the Solway
Solway Firth

The Solway Firth is a firth that forms part of the Anglo-Scottish border, between Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of Galloway, on the western end of Dumfries and Galloway....
. The distance is just over 38 miles in total. Together with its tributaries, the Dee's total catchment area is over 400 square miles.

The river is dammed at Tongland
Tongland

Tongland is a small village about 2 miles north of Kirkcudbright, south west Scotland. It lies on the west bank of the River Dee, Galloway.Tongland Abbey, a medieval Premonstratensian monastic community, existed here during the Middle Ages....
, two miles upriver from Kirkcudbright. This was constructed as part of the Galloway hydro-electric power scheme
Galloway hydro-electric power scheme

The Galloway hydro-electric power scheme is a network of dams and Hydroelectricity power stations in Galloway, south west Scotland. It was built between 1930 and 1936....
 in the 1930s. Also at this site is Tongland Bridge, built in 1806 by Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford was born in Langholm, Scotland, UK. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted road, bridge and canal builder....
.

The ruins of Threave Castle
Threave Castle

Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, Galloway, 2.5km west of Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the home of the House of Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their fall in 1455....
 stand on an island on the lower part of the Dee.

The Dee has also been known as the Black Water of Dee because of its dark colour in the stretch above Loch Ken. In Ptolemy
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
's 2nd century work Geography
Geographia (Ptolemy)

The Geographia or Geography is Ptolemy's main work besides the Almagest. It is a compilation of what was known about the world's geography in the Roman Empire of the 2nd century....
 it is listed as the river Deva.

Loch Ken and the Dee Marshes were together designated a Ramsar site on August 21, 1992.

See also

  • Rivers of Scotland