River Ness
| River Ness | |
|---|---|
 River Ness looking downstream towards the Greig Street Bridge | |
 River Ness location | |
| 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 is a river in Highland, Scotland. It flows from Loch Dochfour, 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), 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".