River Leven, Fife
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The River Leven is a river in Fife
in Scotland
. It flows from Loch Leven
into the Firth of Forth
at the town of Leven
. The river is home to brown trout
and hosts a run of sea trout and atlantic salmon
. The estuary has bass and mullet.
In previous centuries its water was used to power linen mills on its banks, particularly near Markinch
, as well as three paper mills: Smith Anderson in Leslie
and Tullis Russell and John Dixon of Markinch
.
Fife
Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It flows from Loch Leven
Loch Leven
Loch Leven is a fresh water loch in Perth and Kinross council area, central Scotland.Roughly triangular, the loch is about 6 km at its longest. The burgh of Kinross lies at its western end. Loch Leven Castle lies on an island a short way offshore...
into the Firth of Forth
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea, between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh and East Lothian to the south...
at the town of Leven
Leven, Fife
Leven is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, north-east of Kirkcaldy and east of Glenrothes....
. The river is home to brown trout
Brown trout
The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....
and hosts a run of sea trout and atlantic salmon
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon is a species of fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the north Atlantic and the north Pacific....
. The estuary has bass and mullet.
In previous centuries its water was used to power linen mills on its banks, particularly near Markinch
Markinch
Markinch is a small town situated in the heart of Fife, in the eastern central lowlands of Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the town...
, as well as three paper mills: Smith Anderson in Leslie
Leslie
- Places :in Canada:* Leslie Street, road in Toronto and York Region, Ontario** Leslie , subway station located on the above road** Leslie Street Spit, artificial spit in Toronto, south of the above roadin Scotland:* Leslie, Fife...
and Tullis Russell and John Dixon of Markinch
Markinch
Markinch is a small town situated in the heart of Fife, in the eastern central lowlands of Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the town...
.