River in Grampian region, Scotland; length 139 km/87 mi. From its source in the Cairngorms, it flows E into the North Sea at Aberdeen (by an artificial channel). It is noted for salmon fishing. Also a river in Wales and England; length 112 km/70 mi. Rising in Lake Bala, Gwynnedd, it flows into the Irish Sea W of Chester. There is another Scottish river Dee (61 km/38 mi) in Kirkcudbright.