There are several rivers known as the Calder River or River Calder.
In the United Kingdom:
In England
- River Calder, West Yorkshire, a major tributary of the River Aire
- River Calder, Cumbria, flows into the Irish Sea near Sellafield
- River Calder, Lancashire, a major tributary of the River Ribble
- River Calder, Wyre, Lancashire, a tributary of the River Wyre
Scotland
- River Calder, Highland, a tributary of the River Spey
- River Calder, Renfrewshire near Lochwinnoch
- Tributaries of the River Clyde:
- Rotten Calder, near East Kilbride
- North Calder Water, from the Black Loch to Daldowie
- South Calder Water, near Wishaw
- Calder Water, near Strathaven, a tributary of the Avon Water
Australia
- Calder River (Tasmania), a tributary of Inglis River
- Calder River (Victoria)
- Calder River (Western Australia) in the Kimberley region
Famous quotes containing the words river and/or calder:
“The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of the globe reach even to us here, as to more distant dwellers on its banks; many a poets stream, floating the helms and shields of heroes on its bosom.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Dr. Calder [a Unitarian minister] said of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson on the publications of Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, that he was like Actaeon, torn to pieces by his own pack.”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)