Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Annan

Annan, river, Dumfries-shire; rising on the Moffat Hills in N. of co., near the sources of the Clyde and Tweed, it flows S. to the Solway Firth 1¾ mile below Annan, and is in all 49 miles long. Its chief tributaries are the Evan, Moffat, Kinnel, Dryfe, Milk, Mein, and Wamphray.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Dumfries Shire ScoCnty
Place: Annan

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