River Clyde facts for kids

	River Clyde (Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh)
	River
	The River Clyde at Glasgow's Broomielaw
Country	Scotland
Counties	South Lanarkshire, Argyll, Ayrshire
Cities	Lanark, Glasgow, Bothwell, Greenock
Landmarks	Falls of Clyde (waterfalls), Bothwell Castle, Firth of Clyde
Source	Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire
- coordinates	55°24′4″N 3°39′10″W / 55.40111°N 3.65278°W
Mouth	Firth of Clyde
- coordinates	55°40′0″N 5°0′0″W / 55.666667°N 5°W
Length	176 km (109 mi)
Basin	4,000 km² (1,544 sq mi)

Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 5°0′0″W / 55.666667°N 5°W

The River Clyde (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Chluaidh, Scots: Clyde Watter, or Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

It is the eighth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the second-longest in Scotland. Traveling through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire.

To the Romans, it was Clota, and in the early medieval Cumbric language, it was known as Clud or Clut, and was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde (Teyrnas Ystrad Clut).

Images for kids

New Lanark Mill Hotel and Waterhouses by River Clyde
The River Clyde opening out at Newark Castle, Port Glasgow past Clydeport Ocean Terminal, Greenock, to the Firth of Clyde on the left, and to the right past Ardmore Point to the Gare Loch
Shipping on the Clyde, by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1881
A Glasgow shipyard in 1944
Although diminished from its early 20th-century heights, shipbuilding remains an important industry on Clydeside
Bells Bridge
Millennium Bridge
Modern buildings, including the Clyde Auditorium, Finnieston Crane and Crowne Plaza hotel.
The estuary opens out past Dumbarton
Looking across to Dumbarton at low tide
South Facing view of the Tradeston bridge