River Valley - Case Study

Question	Answer
What is the river name?	River Clyde
How long is the river?	160km
Where is the source?	Southern Uplands region of Scotland in the Lowther Hills.
Where does the river flow?	North-west through Motherwell and Glasgow.
What two tributaries come together to form the River Clyde?	Daer Water and Portail Water.
Where is an ox-bow lake forming?	Near the village of Uddingston.
What city is built on the flood plain of the River Clyde? How high is the land on either side of the river?	Glasgow - the land is about 5m above sea level.
Where is the river's estuary?	34km west of Glasgow
How wide is the estuary?	3km
Where does the river join and which sea does it eventually become?	It joins the Firth of Clyde and becomes the Irish Sea.

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