River Leven, Fife

The Leven is a river in the Scottish Unitary Authority's Perth and Kinross and Fife. It is the only outflow of Loch Leven.

Loch Leven in Perth and Kinross is the largest freshwater lake in the Scottish Lowlands. The Leven flows from the northeast to the southeast shore of the lake. After about nine miles of Glenrothes Leven reached. There he crosses the A92 and the Leven flows in an easterly direction by Milton of Balgonie, past the distillery Cameronbridge by Windygates to finally open after a total of 26 km in Leven in the Firth of Forth.

Between 1828 and 1832 the first five kilometers of the river were straightened to gain usable land and to regulate the runoff. Because of its high slope of Leven was used in the 18th and 19th centuries for the production of hydroelectric power. So about 40 mills were counted along the Leven in the 1820s alongside textile manufacturing companies. Before installing the water wheels of Leven well suited for trout fishing. Among the most important tributaries include the Ore, which flows coming into the Leven halfway between Glenrothes and mouth from the right.

The Leven in Leven