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| [[File:Feugh Cascades flowing under the Bridge of Feugh - geograph.org.uk - 534581.jpg|thumb|300px|The Water of Feugh cascades below the Bridge of Feugh]] | | #REDIRECT [[Water of Feugh]] |
| The '''Water of Feugh''' is a stream in [[Kincardineshire]] and is the largest tributary to the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]].<ref>United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004</ref> This stream rises in the [[Highlands]], in the [[Grampian Mountains]], in an area known as the [[Forest of Birse]], and has a particularly scenic aspect in a series of cascades at the Bridge of Feugh slightly above its point of discharge to the Dee.
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| ==Hydrology==
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| The Water of Feugh is a tributary of the River Dee, forming a confluence at Banchory. Classified in the Strahler Stream Order system the Water of Feugh is a second order river, with tributaries including the [[Burn of Curran]] and the [[Burn of Knock]]. The pH level of the greenish or orange-brown waters of the Water of Feugh is slightly alkaline with a pH of 8.19.<ref>Hogan, C. Michael, ''History of Muchalls Castle'', Natural History section (2005)</ref> Summer water temperatures near the mouth run approximately 14.1 degrees Celsius.
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Rivers of Kincardineshire]]
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