The River Averon is a river in

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, north-east

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that flows into the

Cromarty Firth The Cromarty Firth (; ; literally "kyles

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of Cromarty") is an arm of the Moray Firth in Scotland. Geography The entrance to the Cromarty Firth is guarded by two precipitous headlands; the one on the north high and the one on the ...

from the north. It is also known as the Alness River. The river flows for about 15 km eastward and then southward, starting as the main outflow from Loch Morie and passing through the town of

Alness Alness (, ; ) is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon to the east, and the village of Evanton to ...

around 1.5 km before reaching the sea. Its main tributary is the River Blackwater, one of many rivers of that name, also known as the River Rusdale. The Abhainn na Glass is the main inflow to Loch Morie and may be regarded as part of the River Alness system.

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