River Muick

River Muick (/mɪk/) is a river of the Grampian Mountains of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] A tributary of the River Dee,[2] it flows for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the southeastern hill area around Lochnagar into Loch Muick on Balmoral Estate.

River Muick, with the eastern edge of the Lochnagar ridge just visible beyond

It has a catchment area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi).[3] The river is described as meandering "tightly across the wide valley floor, filled with glacial deposit which has been partly worked flat by the river".[4]

The river is inhabited by salmon.[5] In the mid 19th century specimens of Melampyrum sylvaticum and Hieracium boreale were collected along the banks.[6]

References
  1. Illustrations of the topography and antiquities of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff. Aberdeen 1847-. 1847. p. 80.
  2. Mackie, Alexander (29 November 2012). Aberdeenshire. Cambridge University Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-107-65352-8.
  3. Rose, Neil L. (1 June 2007). Lochnagar: The Natural History of a Mountain Lake. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4020-3986-7.
  4. "The White Mounth - Upper Glen Muick" (PDF). Cairngorms National Park. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. Watson, Adam (October 2013). Mammals in north-east Highlands. Paragon Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-78222-120-3.
  6. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal ... Edinburgh, Constable 1819-64. (angl.). Constable. 1848. p. 124.


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