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About 4 kilometres south of Thurso burgh the river is bridged by the rail link between the burghs of Wick and Thurso. About 6 kilometres further south it is bridged by the rail link connecting both burghs with Inverness.
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The highways cross the river in the burgh of Thurso, in Halkirk, and at Westerdale, which is about 16 kilometres south of the burgh.
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From Little River the River Thurso flows generally northward across about 19 kilometres until it reaches its mouth in
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From Loch Rumsdale the river flows generally east/southeast across about 4 kilometres until it is joined by
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The river is bridged twice by railways, three times each by highways and footways.
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as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the
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the river is known also as Strathmore Water. Caithness is in the
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The three footway crossings were within the burgh of Thurso.
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Scottish Gaelic
Loch Rumsdale
Caithness
burgh
Thurso
Wick
Inverness
Loch More
Highland
Scotland
Glutt Water
Loch Beg
Little River
Thurso Bay
Atlantic Ocean

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