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River Spean

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near its junction with the A86 at Spean Bridge. A minor road bridges the Spean just above the falls at Inverlair. Two further road crossings exist - a private estate road across the short stretch of river between upper Loch Laggan and the Laggan reservoir and a road traversing the top of
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crosses the river near Tulloch Station and follows its north bank before re-crossing one mile (1.5 kilometres) east of Spean Bridge. A branch of the railway formerly continued west beside the river from Spean Bridge, crossing it once again to the west of the village.
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around 11,500 years ago and five cubic kilometres of floodwater appear to have drained along the line of the Spean gorge occupied by the modern river.
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contained lakes dammed by ice with a surface elevation of 260 metres (850 ft) at one point. The
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River Spean is located in Lochaber
Lochaber
Scotland
Loch Laggan
Mouth
River Lochy
56°54′34″N 4°59′05″W / 56.90956°N 4.98479°W / 56.90956; -4.98479
Loch Laggan
River Lochy
Gairlochy
Great Glen
West Highlands
Scotland
Abhainn Ghuilbinn
River Treig
River Roy
The Cour
A86 road
Loch Laggan
Spean Bridge
A82 road
Laggan Dam
West Highland Line
Glen Roy
ice dam collapsed catastrophically
List of rivers of Scotland
"Archived copy"
the original
cite web

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