River Tay

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geographical feature river

The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland, renowned for its salmon fishing and its broad, powerful flow through the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands before reaching the North Sea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
River Tay system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Scotland ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
crossedBy Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tay Road Bridge ⓘ
drainageBasin Tay catchment ⓘ
emptiesInto North Sea ⓘ
flowsInto Firth of Tay ⓘ
flowsThrough Aberfeldy ⓘ
Dunkeld ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
Perth and Kinross ⓘ
Pitlochry, Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Pitlochry

Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Lowlands

Stanley ⓘ
Stirling council area ⓘ
hasEstuary Firth of Tay ⓘ
hasNameInScottishGaelic Tatha ⓘ
hasTributary River Almond ⓘ
River Earn ⓘ
River Isla ⓘ
River Lyon ⓘ
River Tummel ⓘ
hasWildlife Atlantic salmon ⓘ
otters ⓘ
seals ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
length about 117 miles ⓘ
about 188 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
longestRiverIn Scotland ⓘ
mouth North Sea ⓘ
mouthLocation Firth of Tay ⓘ
near Dundee ⓘ
notableFor broad flow ⓘ
powerful flow ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
partOf hydrology of Scotland ⓘ
region central Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Central Scotland

Perth and Kinross ⓘ
surface form: Perthshire
source Loch Tay ⓘ
sourceLocation Scottish Highlands ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perth and Kinross → contains → River Tay ⓘ
Forfarshire → containsRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Central Lowlands → crossedBy → River Tay ⓘ
A85 road → crosses → River Tay ⓘ
Dunkeld → crosses → River Tay ⓘ
subject surface form: Telford Bridge
Perthshire hills → drainageBasin → River Tay ⓘ
Firth of Tay → formedByMouthOf → River Tay ⓘ
Scottish mainland → hasFeature → River Tay ⓘ
Tayside → hasMajorRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Dundee → hasRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Newport-on-Tay → hasRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Dunkeld → locatedOnRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Perth → locatedOnRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Tay Bridge disaster → location → River Tay ⓘ
Scotland → longestRiver → River Tay ⓘ
Tayside → namedAfter → River Tay ⓘ
Tentsmuir → near → River Tay ⓘ
Scone → nearbyWaterBody → River Tay ⓘ
Firth of Tay → partOf → River Tay ⓘ
this entity surface form: River Tay system