The
River Eden is a river in
Fife in
Scotland, and is one of Fife's two principal rivers, along with the
Leven. It is nearly 30 miles (48 kilometres) long and has a fall of around 90 metres (300 feet). It flows from Burnside, near the border with
Perth & Kinross, then slowly across the Howe of Fife (until drained in the 18th and 19th centuries a flat and waterlogged basin) and through the market town of
Cupar to
Guardbridge, where it enters the
North Sea via the
Eden Estuary, an important conservation area for wading birds and a nature reserve. The river holds a good stock of wild
brown trout and hosts a fair run of
sea trout and
Atlantic salmon.