Editing River Tweed (section)

{{Short description|River in the Scottish Borders and northern England}}
{{For|other rivers with this name|Tweed River (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name               = River Tweed
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| image              = The River Tweed at Abbotsford - geograph.org.uk - 1545874.jpg
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| image_caption      = The River Tweed at Abbotsford
| map                = River Tweed Watershed.jpg
| map_size           = 300
| map_caption        = River Tweed watershed ([https://mghydro.com/watersheds/shared/17010C.html Interactive map])
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| subdivision_name1  = [[United Kingdom]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Scotland]], [[England]]
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<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = Tweed's Well
| source1_location   = [[Tweedsmuir]], [[Scottish Borders]], [[Scotland]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|55.445|-3.496|display=inline}}
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| mouth              = [[North Sea]]
| mouth_location     = [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]], [[Northumberland]], [[England]]
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The '''River Tweed''', or '''Tweed Water''', is a river {{convert|97|mi|km}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=Phil |title=Headwaters: Walking to British River Sources |date=2012 |publisher=Frances Lincoln Limited |location=London |isbn=9780711233638 |page=193 |edition=First}}</ref> long that flows east across the [[Anglo-Scottish border|Border region]] in Scotland and northern England.  [[Tweed (cloth)|Tweed cloth]] derives its name from its association with the River Tweed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ahume.co.uk/page.asp?source=mens&id=What-Is-Tweed |title=Article on Tweed Cloth |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216141246/https://www.ahume.co.uk/page.asp?source=mens&id=What-Is-Tweed |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Tweed is one of the great [[salmon]] rivers of Britain and the only river in England where an [[Environment Agency]] rod licence is not required for [[angling]]. The river generates a large income for the local borders region, attracting anglers from all around the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-33844266|title=Wild fishing tax 'raid' concern|work=BBC News |date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>