A view of the River Teviot

A river of the Scottish Borders, the River Teviot (pronounced locally [ˈtiːviˌjɪʔ]) rises in the western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish Borders, often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Dumfries and Galloway ( Gaelic: Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv is one of 32 council areas It flows northeastwards through Teviotdale and past Teviothead, Hawick and Roxburgh before joining the River Tweed to the southwest of Kelso. Teviothead is a small village in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheed It is located south of the River Teviot. Hawick ( ˈhɔɪk is a town in the Scottish Borders in the south east of Scotland. The destroyed Royal burgh of Roxburgh (or Rosbroch) was an important trading Burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland There are other rivers with this name see Tweed River The River Tweed ( Uisge Thuaidh in Gaelic (156 kilometres or long flows primarily through the Kelso (known locally as Kelsae) is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, located where the rivers Tweed and Teviot