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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

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Some of this can be attributed to geological faults including the Great Glen and the Highland Boundary Fault.

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Forbes, who has been an SNP MSP since 2016, covers a constituency which stretches from Mallaig on the west coast through the Great Glen to the Cromarty Firth.

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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.

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A blanket of cloud will greet early risers on Christmas morning, with the threat of rain isolated to the western and northern isles of the UK, and around the Highlands' Great Glen.

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Parts of Argyll, Lochaber and Wester Ross are expected to be the worst affected areas, while river levels around Speyside and Great Glen are most at risk of reaching high levels.

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