River Lossie

The Lossie four kilometers southeast of Lossiemouth

The Lossie is a river in Scotland. It is formed by the confluence of several source streams into the sparsely populated highlands of Moray on the slopes of Carn Kitty. Between source and mouth is a distance of 31 km. His run, however, has a length of 50 km, which reflects the meandering course of the Lossie. At the upper reaches of the river takes on various mountain streams and overcomes several rapids. The Lossie first flows mainly in a north-easterly direction, and then turns to the north. It passes the small village of Dallas and follows from this place again a north-east or north direction. The river reached Elgin, where it crosses the A96 trunk road. Shortly before its confluence with the Moray Firth at Lossiemouth the Lossie absorbs the drainage channels Spynie Canal and Innes Canal.

Like most rivers in the region also joined the Lossie at the flood events in 1829 on the shore. Here, numerous cross bridges were destroyed.