Moffat Water
The Moffat Water is a rivers of the mountains of Dumfriesshire, which ultimately is a tributary of the River Annan.
The Moffat rises in the Southern Uplands in a series of burns off the hillsides flowing southwest through the valley followed also by the A708 road. Between Mirk Side and Bran Law the streams receive the Tail Burn from the north, which here tumbles over a famous waterfall, the Grey Mare's Tail just above the river which below this point is known as the Moffat Water.
The Moffat continues southwest, carving Moffatdale, a dale which separates the Moffat Hills to the northwest from the Ettrick Hills to the southeast.
Moffatdale is a steep-sided, narrow dale, the valley floor widening but a little at Polmoodie. A little below in a meander at Bodesbeck the Moffat receives both the Bodesbeck Burn fromthe south and the Blackhope Burn from the north, and broadens.
The Moffat Water and the Evan Water join the River Annan together at Threewater Foot, south of the town of Moffat. The Moffat Water does not flow through the town whose name it shares.
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