Strath Burn is a
stream
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which has its
source
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in the
Flow Country
The Flow Country () is a vast area of bog peatland in Caithness and Sutherland, northern Scotland. It is the largest blanket bog in Europe, and covers about . It is an area of deep peat, dotted with bog pools, and is a very important habitat fo ...
of
Caithness
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There are two towns, being Wick, Caithness, Wick, which was the county town, and Thurso. The count ...
,
Scotland
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, at a
height
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above
sea level
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of around 70 metres, at the
confluence
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of
Kensary Burn, and
Rowens Burn, and about five kilometres south of the village of
Watten.
Strath Burn meanders generally northward across a distance of about four kilometres, with the
Moss of Badarclay to its west, to join
Scouthal Burn and so form the source of the
Wick River, at around 25 metres and about one kilometre south of Watten.
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Rivers of Highland (council area)