Clyde

The River Clyde is a Scottish river that feeds into the Firth of Clyde and is the Longest Rivers in the United Kingdom. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom and Scotland's third-longest. It goes through Glasgow, Scotland's largest metropolis. It was historically significant to the British Empire because of its significance in shipbuilding and trade. Clota was the name given to it by the Romans, while Clud or Clut was the name given to it in the early medieval Cumbric language. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut).

The precise derivation of the river's name is unknown, although it is known that it is ancient: the Britons named it Clut or Clud, and the Romans called it Clota. As a result, the name is most likely derived from a Celtic language, most likely Old British. However, the river's name might be derived from more than one old Celtic term. The Common Brittonic Clywwd, which means 'loud' or 'loudly,' is one probable root. Clta, a native Celtic goddess, is more likely to have inspired the river's name. The goddess' name, in turn, is derived from an ancient, Proto-Celtic phrase that means "the vigorously flowing one" or "the holy cleaner."

The Clyde is produced by the confluence of two streams, the Daer Water and the Potrail Water (the headwaters of which are dammed to form the Daer Reservoir). The Southern Upland Way crosses both streams before they join to form the River Clyde at Watermeetings. The Clyde is just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tweed's Well, the source of the River Tweed, and roughly the same distance from Annanhead Hill, the source of the River Annan, at this point. It then meanders northeastward until turning west, where its flood plain serves as the location of numerous key roadways in the area, before reaching the town of Lanark.

Length: 109 miles