River Ness
The River Ness is a short river in the Great Glen of Scotland. It begins at Loch Dochfour, at the northern end of Loch Ness, and flows northeast towards the city of Inverness, where it empties into the Moray Firth.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the mouth of the Beauly Firth at Inverness
- Also known as: “Elva Ness”, “Uisge Nis”, and “尼斯河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Inverness railway station and Inverness Castle.
Inverness railway station
Railway station
Inverness Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merkinch and Inverness.
River Ness
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.48333° or 57° 29′ north
Longitude
-4.23333° or 4° 14′ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9C9QFQM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Ness” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Ness”
- Basque: “Ness”
- Breton: “Abhainn Nis”
- Breton: “Nis”
- Bulgarian: “Нес”
- Catalan: “Ness”
- Cebuano: “River Ness”
- Chinese: “內斯河”
- Chinese: “内斯河”
- Chuvash: “Несс”
- Cornish: “Abhainn Nis”
- Czech: “Ness”
- Dutch: “Ness”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيس”
- Estonian: “Nessi jõgi”
- French: “Ness”
- German: “Ness”
- Hausa: “Kogin Ness”
- Hebrew: “נס”
- Irish: “Abhainn Nis”
- Italian: “Ness”
- Japanese: “ネス川”
- Ladin: “Ness”
- Macedonian: “Нес”
- Manx: “Abhainn Nis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nesselva”
- Norwegian: “Ness”
- Polish: “Ness”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ness”
- Russian: “Несс”
- Scots: “River Ness”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Nis”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ness”
- Slovenian: “Ness (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Ness”
- Spanish: “Río Ness”
- Swedish: “River Ness”
- Welsh: “Abhainn Nis”
- “Abhainn Nis”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Glebe and Highland.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Inverness Youth Hostel and Caledonian Stadium.
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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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