River Muick

River Muick 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. 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]

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

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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