River Yarrow

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The River Yarrow is a river in the Scottish Borders known for flowing through the scenic Yarrow Valley and its associations with Scottish history and ballad literature.

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River Yarrow canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Yarrow Water
associatedWith Border ballads
romantic-era literary interest in the Borders
confluenceNear Philiphaugh
country Scotland
drainageBasin North Sea
flowsInto River Tweed
flowsNear Loch of the Lowes (Scottish Borders)
Selkirk
St Mary’s Loch
Yarrow Kirk
Yarrowford
flowsThrough Yarrow Valley
hasCulturalSignificance Scottish folk music
Scottish literature
hasFeature narrow wooded denes
pastoral valley scenery
hasTributary Little Yarrow
Megget Water
Tweedhope Burn
knownFor associations with Border reiver history
associations with Scottish ballad tradition
scenic valley landscapes
languageOfName English
Scots
locatedIn Scottish Borders
Southern Uplands
Yarrow Valley
mentionedIn traditional Scottish Border ballads
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
surface form: “The Braes o Yarrow”

“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
mouthOf River Tweed
near Ettrick Water
Yarrow Valley
surface form: Yarrow Water valley

Yarrowford
surface form: Yarrow village
partOf River Tweed basin
Tweed catchment
region Borders
sourceRegion Ettrick Forest
surface form: Ettrick Forest area
watercourseType freshwater river

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River Tweed hasTributary River Yarrow
Scottish Borders containsRiver River Yarrow
Scottish Borders council area traversedBy River Yarrow
subject surface form: Scottish Borders