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[edit] Firths on the east coast of Scotland (from north to south)
These are connected to, or form part of, the North Sea.
- Firth of Forth (estuary of the River Forth)
- Places: Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Falkirk, Stirling, Grangemouth, Rosyth, North Queensferry, South Queensferry, Musselburgh, Crail, Cellardyke, Anstruther, Pittenweem, St Monans, Elie, Earlsferry. It is spanned by the Forth Road Bridge, 2,512 m (8242 ft) long, and the Forth Bridge (the adjacent railway bridge), 2,498m (8,196ft) long.
- Rivers: Forth, River Avon, Water of Leith, River Almond, River Esk, River Leven
- Islands: Bass Rock, Craigleith, Eyebroughy, Fidra, Inchcolm, Inchgarvie, Inchkeith, Inchmickery, Isle of May, The Lamb
[edit] Firths on the north coast of Scotland
[edit] Other similar waters in Scotland
In the Scottish Gaelic language, linne is used to refer to most of the firths above; it is also applied to the Sound of Sleat, Crowlin Sound, Cuillin Sound, Sound of Jura, Sound of Raasay, and part of Loch Linnhe.
The following is a selection of other bodies of water in Scotland which are similar to various firths, but which are not termed such -
[edit] Firths outside Scottish waters
[edit] See also
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