River Leven, Argyllshire
The River Leven marks part of the boundary between Inverness-shire in the north and Argyllshire in the south, flowing out into Loch Leven on the west coast. It is one of several of the same name in Great Britain.
The origin of the River Leven today is in the vast Blackwater Reservoir (originally created by the British Aluminium Company) which also marks the county boundary. The reservoir is fed by several Highland burns; in the days before the valley was dammed this would have been the valley of the Black Water. The water leaving the reservoir below its dam is the River Leven.
The Leven flows for five miles or so from the dam to the village of Kinlochleven at the head of Loch Leven, its course along a pretty, wooded valley. It is not tidal untl the village is reached immediately above the loch.
Loch Leven is a sealoch cut through the land east to west between Inverness-shire and Argyllshire to open into Loch Linnhe.
