(the) Tay

(the) Tay
the Tay [the Tay]
the longest river in Scotland, 120 miles/193 kilometres long. From its source in the ↑Grampians it flows through central Scotland and into the Firth of Tay, a narrow strip of sea that runs a long way into the land near Perth.

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