River Lossie

River Lossie
Country	Scotland
Physical characteristics
Main source	Hills above Dallas, Moray 400 m (1,300 ft)
River mouth	Lossiemouth into Moray Firth
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 5 m3/s (180 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Basin size	213 km2 (82 sq mi)

The River Lossie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Losaidh) is a river in north east Scotland. Ptolemy (c.90 – c.168), the Greco-Roman geographer, named it as ost. Loxa Fl. The river originates in the hills above Dallas, in Moray, and has its source 400 metres above sea-level. It enters the sea at Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth. By the time it moves through Elgin its rate of flow, in normal conditions, is best described as very slow. The gradient between Elgin and Lossiemouth is almost imperceptible with a total fall of less than 5 metres.

Settlements

(from south to north)

• Dallas
• Kellas
• Paddockhaugh
• Pittendreich
• Elgin
• Calcots
• Lossiemouth

Coordinates: 57°43′N 3°16′W / 57.717°N 3.267°W / 57.717; -3.267