River Ness

River Ness
River Ness looking downstream towards the Greig Street Bridge
River Ness location
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Loch Dochfour
• elevation	52.49 ft (16.00 m)
Mouth
• location	Beauly Firth
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	6.2 mi (10.0 km)
Basin size	1,850 km2 (710 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	300 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s)

The River Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nis) is a river in Highland, Scotland, UK. It flows from Loch Dochfour,^[1][2] at the northern end of Loch Ness, north-east to the mouth of the Beauly Firth at Inverness, a distance of about 6 miles (10 kilometres),^[3] with a fall in height of about 16 metres (52 feet). The river is the origin of the name of Inverness, which is from Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the Ness".