CLYDE, klid, Scotland, a river which rises as Daer Water in the Lowther Hills in the southern extremity of Lanarkshire. Its watershed is approximately concident with the boundaries of that county. In its upper reaches it is a mountain stream flowing through bleak uplancts. Near Lanark are the celebrated falls, named respectively Bonnington Linn, Corra Linn, Dundaff and Stonebyres Linn, the finest of the series being Corra Linn, with a triple leap of 84 feet. Within four miles at this sec tion the river descends from 560 feet to 200 feet. From Lanark to Bothwell it flows through a fertile and well-wooded country famous for its orchards and from that point its course is through the greatest mining and indus trial district in Scotland. Passing through Glasgow, at Dumbarton (91 miles from its source) it begins to expand into an estuary and reaches the Irish Sea at the southern ex tremity of the Island of Bute. Its drainage
area is 1,481 square miles. The estuary is in dented by numerous lochs, affording panoramas of exquisite beauty, and it is dotted by numerous watering places (Gourock, Dunoon, Rottesay, Ayr, etc.). Its principal tributaries are the Douglass Water, the Mouse, the Lethan, the Avon, the Calder, the North Calder, the Kel vin, the White and Black Cart and the Leven. The Clyde by artificial deepening is now navi gable by large ocean-going steamers to Glasgow, where, rather more than 100 years ago, there was only a depth of 15 inches at low water. It is the most important river for commerce in Scotland, with a great ship-building industry located on its banks in the section between Glasgow and Dumbarton.