DON

don, a river in the south of aberdeenshire, scotland, rising in peat-moss to the east of glen avon on the borders of banffshire, at a height of nearly 2000 ft. above the sea. it follows a generally easterly course, roughly parallel with that of the dee, and a few miles to the south of it, falling into the north sea close to old aberdeen, after a run of 82 m. at the mouth the two rivers are only 2-1/3 m. apart. like its greater neighbour, the don is an excellent salmon stream. on the left its chief affluents are the ernan, nochty, bucket and urie; on the right, the conrie, carvie, deskry and strow. the principal places of interest on its banks are strathdon, towie, kildrummy, alford, keig, monymusk, inverurie, kintore and dyce.