Crynoch Burn is a

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that is a

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to the River Dee. This stream rises somewhat above Netherley and flows near Netherley House; and thence into the Red Moss, a significant natural

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and musk ...

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; thence near the historic Lairhillock Inn; and finally by the village of Maryculter and through Oldman Wood before discharge to the Dee.

Headwaters The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...

areas include the northern and western slopes of Meikle Carewe Hill and the northern slopes of Curlethney Hill. The soils near its

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at the River Dee are light and sandy,Historic profile of the village of Maryculter
/ref> and the pH level of these greenish brown waters is approximately 8.05, or slightly

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Hydrology

Tributaries to the Crynoch Burn include the Cairnie Burn. Classified in the

Strahler Stream Order In mathematics, the Strahler number or Horton–Strahler number of a mathematical tree is a numerical measure of its branching complexity. These numbers were first developed in hydrology, as a way of measuring the complexity of rivers and streams ...

system the Crynoch Burn is a second order stream.

References

* John A. Henderson (1892) ''Annals of Lower Deeside: Being a Topographical, Proprietary, Ecclesiastical, and Antiquarian History of Durris, Drumoak, and Culter'', D. Wyllie and Son, 271 pages ;Notes Rivers of Aberdeenshire {{Scotland-river-stub