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<p> An arm of the Irish Sea, and in its upper part forming the estuary of the river Esk, separating [[Cumberland]] from the S. of [[Scotland]] (Kirkcudbright and Dumfries); stretches inland from Balcarry Point 36 m., and from 2 to 20 m. broad; receives the Annan, Dee, Nith, Eden, and Derwent, and has valuable salmon-fishings; the spring tides ebb and flow with remarkable rapidity, the "bore" often reaching a speed of from 8 to 10 m. an hour; is spanned near Annan by a railway viaduct 1960 yards long. </p> | Solway Firth <ref name="term_79813" /> | ||
==References == | <p> An arm of the Irish Sea, and in its upper part forming the estuary of the river Esk, separating [[Cumberland]] from the S. of [[Scotland]] (Kirkcudbright and Dumfries); stretches inland from Balcarry [[Point]] 36 m., and from 2 to 20 m. broad; receives the Annan, Dee, Nith, Eden, and Derwent, and has valuable salmon-fishings; the spring tides ebb and flow with remarkable rapidity, the "bore" often reaching a speed of from 8 to 10 m. an hour; is spanned near Annan by a railway viaduct 1960 yards long. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79813"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solway+firth Solway Firth from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79813"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/solway+firth Solway Firth from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 15 October 2021
Solway Firth [1]
An arm of the Irish Sea, and in its upper part forming the estuary of the river Esk, separating Cumberland from the S. of Scotland (Kirkcudbright and Dumfries); stretches inland from Balcarry Point 36 m., and from 2 to 20 m. broad; receives the Annan, Dee, Nith, Eden, and Derwent, and has valuable salmon-fishings; the spring tides ebb and flow with remarkable rapidity, the "bore" often reaching a speed of from 8 to 10 m. an hour; is spanned near Annan by a railway viaduct 1960 yards long.
