The River Tweed from Mertoun House, near St Boswells
The River Tweed from Mertoun House, near St Boswells

The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Thuaidh) is 97 miles (156 km) long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise.

Photo credit: Jean Walley