Scotland particularly in relation to taxation, were devolved to the Scottish Parliament after the referendum, following cross-party talks in the Smith Commission. The mainland of Scotland comprises the northern third of the land mass of the island of Great Britain, which lies off the north-west coast of Continental Europe. The total area is , comparable to the size of the Czech Republic. Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for between the basin of the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea
River Camlad the border back into England, and flows just east of Chirbury before turning west again, and forms the border (for the second time) between England and Wales. It turns northwest into Wales (for the second time) to join the River Severn to the west of Forden. Early forms include the "Kemelet" (1227), "Kemlet" (1256), "Kelemet" 1274, "Camalet" and "Kenlet" (1577) and Camlet (1612). Ekwall proposes the Welsh "" meaning "a knot" (which is found in other river names) giving a hypothetical Old Welsh "Culmet" then "Cylmet" whence "Kelemet", alternatively "Cym(y)let" from the Old Welsh for "loop". River Camlad The River