River Don, Aberdeenshire

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This article is about the River Don in Scotland. For other rivers with the same name, see Don River.

River Don and Castle Forbes near Alford.

The River Don is a river in Scotland. It rises in the Grampians and flows 131km (82m) eastwards, through Aberdeenshire, to the North Sea at Aberdeen, via Alford, Kemnay, Inverurie, Kintore, and Dyce. Its main tributary, the River Urie, joins it at Inverurie.

The river was recorded by the 2nd century AD cosmographer Ptolemy of Alexandria (d. c 168) as Δηουανα Devona, meaning 'goddess', an indication the river was once a sacred one.

See also

• Rivers of Scotland

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