Hey Charlie, where did you get that flow data? I know the Tay is wide
and deep, but 1000cumecs seems too much to me. I've paddled a lot of big
volume rivers and I'm sure the tay wasn't one of them

To put it in context 1000cumecs is around 38000cfs - that's the sort of
volume you might see in the salmon or snake or colorado.

I'm not saying it's impossible so close to the sea, just wondering where
the info came from?

JIM

Charlie wrote:
"Mike Taylor" wrote in message ...

Really interesting to see your local rivers. Am involved in WW kayaking in
Nova Scotia (Canada, eh.).
They seem steep and narrow from your photos.


Scotland's geography (i.e. it isn't really a big enough country)
doesn't create any serious big water runs, though The Etive is
probably not representative either, being at the steep and narrow end
of the spectrum.

There are a few 'bigger' water runs. The Orchy, a classic collection
of III-V pool drop rapids peaks at around 100m3/s. The Tay carries up
to 1000m3/s on paddled sections but is greade II/III (excluding
Campsie Linn maybe?). And these flows are probably peakish, not
regular levels.

100m3/s == 3500cfs I think.