The River Tummel is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. Discharging from Loch Rannoch

Loch Rannoch

Loch Rannoch is a large body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.The loch is over long in a west-east direction with an average width of about . The River Tummel begins at its eastern end. The Tay Forest Park lies along its southern shore...

, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the southeast, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay

River Tay

The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui , then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochhart, Loch Lubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay , in...

, just below Logierait

Logierait

Logierait is a village and parish in Atholl, Scotland. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Tay and Tummel, west of the A9 road in Perth and Kinross....

, after a course of 58 miles (93.3 km) from its source in Stob Ghabbar (3565 ft). Its only considerable affluent

Tributary

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 is the Garry

River Garry, Perthshire

The River Garry is a major tributary of the River Tummel, itself a tributary of the River Tay, in the traditional county of Perthshire in the Scottish Highlands...

, 24 miles (38.6 km) long, an impetuous river which issues from Loch Garry

River Garry, Perthshire

The River Garry is a major tributary of the River Tummel, itself a tributary of the River Tay, in the traditional county of Perthshire in the Scottish Highlands...

 (2.5 miles and 1334 feet (406.6 m) above sea level). About midway in its course the Tummel expands into Loch Tummel

Loch Tummel

Loch Tummel is a long, narrow loch, 7 kilometres north west of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland .-Geography:The loch is approximately 11 kilometres long from east to west, and is just under 1 kilometre wide...

 (2.75 miles long, 128 feet (39 m) deep and 500 feet (152.4 m) above sea level), between which and the confluence with the Garry occur the Pass and Falls of the Tummel, which are rather in the nature of rapids

Rapid

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, the descent altogether amounting to 15 feet (4.6 m).

The scenery throughout this reach is most picturesque, culminating at the point above the eastern extremity of the loch, known as the 'Queen's View' (Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

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 made the view famous in 1866, although it is probably named after Queen Isabel

Isabella of Mar

Isabella of Mar was the first wife of Robert the Bruce and the grandmother of Robert II of Scotland, founder of the royal House of Stuart...

, wife of Robert the Bruce

Robert I of Scotland

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). The chief places of interest on the river are Kinloch Rannoch

Kinloch Rannoch

Kinloch Rannoch is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles west of Pitlochry, on the banks of the River Tummel.The village is a tourist and outdoor pursuits centre...

; Dunalastair

Dunalastair

Dunalastair is an estate in the southern part of the Highlands, in Perthshire, Scotland...

, a rocky hill in well-wooded grounds, the embellishment of which was largely due to Alexander Robertson of Struan, the Jacobite and poet, from whom the spot takes its name (the stronghold of Alexander); Foss; Faskally House (beautifully situated on the left bank); Pitlochry

Pitlochry

Pitlochry , is a burgh in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, lying on the River Tummel. Its population according to the 2001 census was 2,564....

; and Ballinluig

Ballinluig

Ballinluig is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, with a population of approximately 240 . It lies on the banks of the River Tummel and is approximately 4 miles south-east of Pitlochry...

.