Mouse Water

Mouse Water
Mouse Water as seen within Cleghorn Glen
Basin
Main source	335 m (1,099 ft)^[1]
Progression	River Clyde
Physical characteristics
Length	9.45 km (5.87 mi)^[1]
Features
Tributaries	Left: Dippool Water

Mouse Water is a river in South Lanarkshire which is a tributary of the River Clyde. It is popular with canoeists.^[2] In the past, the fast flowing river was used to power mills and factories along its route and is still used today to produce hydroelectricity.^[3]

Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs

The river runs through Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs, two sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) which form part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve.^[3] The deep gorge which characterises these SSSIs were formed roughly ten thousand years ago when the Mouse Water started to erode the rock at the site, which was mainly red sandstone.^[4]

Crossings

Several bridges cross the Mouse Water. They are listed below in order from its origin to the point the river meets the Clyde.

References

1 2 "Historical perspective for Mouse Water". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
↑ "Overview of Mouse Water". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
1 2 "Visit Cleghorn Glen and Cartland Craigs" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
↑ "The Story of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

River Clyde, Scotland

Administrative areas	South Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire City of Glasgow West Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire Inverclyde Argyll and Bute

Flows into	Firth of Clyde, then North Channel

Settlements (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Abington Symington New Lanark Lanark Wishaw Motherwell Hamilton Bothwell Uddingston Cambuslang Rutherglen Glasgow Renfrew Clydebank Bearsden Old Kilpatrick Dumbarton Port Glasgow Greenock Helensburgh Gourock Dunoon

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Daer Water Potrail Water Duneaton Water North Medwyn River South Medwyn River Douglas Water Mouse Water River Nethan Avon Water South Calder Water North Calder Water Rotten Calder River Kelvin River Cart River Leven

Major bridges and Crossings (upstream to downstream)	Clyde's Bridge Wolfclyde Bridge Thankerton Bridge Hyndford Bridge Clydesholm Bridge Crossford Bridge Garrion Bridge Camp Viaduct Clyde Bridge East Kilbride Expressway Bridge Bothwell Bridge David Livingstone Memorial Bridge Uddingston Footbridge Uddingston Viaduct Haughhead Bridge Westburn Viaduct Clydeford Bridge Cambuslang Bridge Bogleshole Road Bridge Clydebridge Viaduct Auchenshuggle Bridge Cuningar Loop Footbridge Dalmarnock Bridge Dalmarnock Railway Bridge Shawfield Smartbridge Rutherglen Bridge Polmadie Bridge King's Bridge St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge Pipe Bridge and Weir Albert Bridge City Union Bridge Victoria Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Glasgow Bridge Caledonian Railway Bridge George V Bridge Tradeston Bridge Kingston Bridge Clyde Arc Bell's Bridge Millennium Bridge Clyde Tunnel Renfrew Ferry Erskine Ferry Erskine Bridge

Longest UK rivers Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

Coordinates: 55°40′34″N 3°48′19″W / 55.6762°N 3.8052°W / 55.6762; -3.8052

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