ROXBURGH

district, Borders region, southern Scotland. Created by the reorganization of 1975, it includes most of the former county of Roxburgh (q.v.) and a small part of the former county of Berwick. Hawick is the seat of the district authority. The district, with an area of 595 square miles (1,540 square km), contains the entire basin of the Teviot River, which flows northeast in its dale (valley) to its confluence with the Tweed at Kelso. Rolling grass moorlands enclose the farmland in the deep valleys. Most of the district's land is under grass. Upland sheep farming is the chief occupation west of Hawick. The lowland crop-livestock farms combine sheep and cattle breeding. The economies of Roxburgh's towns centre on their markets, textile manufactures, and tourist trade. Hawick is especially noted for hosiery and knitwear. Pop. (1987 est.) 35,133.