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Great Glen

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noun

  1. Also known as: Glen More, Glen Albyn. a fault valley across the whole of Scotland, extending southwest from the Moray Firth in the east to Loch Linnhe and containing Loch Ness and Loch Lochy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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However, a number of other towns and villages have also been hit by flooding, including Great Glen, where Cimi Kazazi waded through waist-high water to rescue a woman from a stranded car.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

It was designed by German bridge engineer Hellmut Homberg to withstand extreme weather and potential earthquakes caused by geological movement in the Great Glen geological fault.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2022

Grace, from Great Glen in Leicestershire, was diagnosed following the test during the summer holidays.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2021

Ambitious walkers take on the West Highland and Great Glen ways, railway buffs catch the rattling West Highland line, and motorists speed north to Mallaig for ferries to Skye, the Small Isles and Knoydart.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2012

But the Great Glen of Scotland is yet a living forest.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

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