| Cowie Water | |
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 Cowie Water, looking downstream at theA957 road bridge | |
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| Native name | Uisge Chollaidh (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Grampian Mountains |
| Mouth | North Sea |
• location | Stonehaven,Scotland |
• coordinates | 56°58′01″N2°12′24″W / 56.96691°N 2.20667°W /56.96691; -2.20667 |
TheCowie Water (Scottish Gaelic:Uisge Chollaidh) is ariver ofScotland.
The river rises in theGrampian Mountains inKincardineshire, and discharges to theNorth Sea in the northern part ofStonehaven,[1] south of the ruinedCowie Castle. Tributaries of the Cowie Water include theBurn of Monboys, which drains the area to the north, in which the archaeological siteRaedykesRoman Camp is situated; andCowton Burn.
Notable features in this vicinity includeDunnottar Castle,Fetteresso Castle andMuchalls Castle. Other nearbycoastal waterways discharging to the North Sea includeBurn of Muchalls to the north andCarron Water to the south.
Summer flow rates are typically in the range of 200 cubic feet per second (5.7 m3/s) at the river's mouth. July values forpH have been measured at 8.2 or slightlyalkaline July water temperatures are about 11.9 degrees Celsius andelectrical conductivity atCowie Bridge near the mouth has been measured at a relatively low value of .07 micro-Siemens per meter.Turbidity measured exactly 24 hours after a moderate rainfall of one centimeter was 14 JTU in a July circumstance.
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