DEE  , a See also:

• RIVER

river in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ABERDEENSHIRE

Aberdeenshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, pursuing a generally easterly direction from its source in the extreme See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county till it reaches the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea at the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen . It rises in the See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells of Dee, a See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring on See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben Braeriach, one of the Cairngorms, at a height of 4061 ft. above the sea . It descends rapidly from this See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude, and by the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time that it receives the Geusachan, on its right See also:

• BANK

bank, about 6 m. from its source, it has fallen 2421 ft . From the mountains flanking its upper reaches it is fed by numerous See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

burns named and unnamed . With its tributaries the river drains an See also:

• AREA

area of 1000 sq. m . Rapid and turbulent during the first See also:

• HALF

half of its course of 90 m., it broadens appreciably below Aboyne and the See also:

• RATE

rate of flow is diminished . The channel towards its mouth was artificially altered in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to provide increased See also:

• DOCK

dock See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation at Aberdeen, but, above, the stream is navigable for only See also:

• BARGES

barges and small See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft for a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles . It runs through scenery of transcendent beauty, especially in See also:

• BRAEMAR

Braemar . About two miles above Inverey it enters a narrow rocky See also:

• GORGE

gorge, 300 yds. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and only a few feet wide at one See also:

• PART

part, and forms the rapids and cascades of the famous Linn of Dee . One of the finest of Scottish See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

salmon streams, it retains its purity almost to the very end of its run . The principal921; places on the Dee, apart from private residences, are See also:

• CASTLETON

Castleton of Braemar, See also:

• BALLATER (Gaelic for " the town on a sloping hill ")

Ballater, Aboyne, Kincardine O'Neil, Banchory, Culter and Cults .