The Parish of Clyne extends from the shore of the Moray Firth  in a north-westerly direction for 24 miles. Its width on the coast is four miles,  and at the inland end it is about twice as wide.  A range of foothills  divides it into two parts - the small coastal area, containing almost all the  arable ground, and the inland district, consisting of pasture, moorland and  hills.

The river Brora, the principal stream, rises in the parish of Rogart and has one main tributary, the Blackwater.  Less than two miles below the junction, the river flows into the narrow four-mile long Loch Brora, whence it issues to complete its final course of three miles through the coastal district to the sea.