The River Quoich is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...

of the River Dee in

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.Uk Rivers Guidebook: River Quoich
/ref> It flows in a generally southerly direction and is about 15 km long (including its upper reaches, known as Quoich Water, above the confluence with the Allt an dubh-ghlinne). The

clachan A clachan ( ga, clochán or ; gd, clachan ; gv, claghan ) is a small settlement or hamlet on the island of Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. Though many were originally kirktowns,MacBain, A. (1911) ''An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaeli ...

Allanaquoich Allanaquoich is a locality on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ''Allanaquoich'' is little more than a farm house now although it once could have been described as a hamlet. It is locate(streetmap)on a slight rise to the East of the ...

is situated just above the river's confluence with the Dee. Near Allanaquoich is the Linn of Quoich, a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...

through a narrow

ravine A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion. Near the bridge is the Earl of Mar's Punch Bowl: a natural hole in a rock midstream that was literally used as a punchbowl after hunting deer in the neighbouring forest. The river joins the Dee about 1 miles or 2 km west of

Braemar Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of . The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' pr ...

. The Linn of Quoich has been the site of several deaths in recent years, including those of an overworked, suicidal male doctorDaily Record: Police find body after wife's plea to missing naval doc
/ref> and a ten-year-old girl who fell into the river and drowned.BBC News: Family's tribute to drowned girl
/ref>

References

Places and place names on Mar Lodge Estate Quoich {{Scotland-river-stub