River Calder

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:

    ““I’ll love you dear, I’ll love you
    Till China and Africa meet,
    And the river jumps over the mountain
    And the salmon sing in the street.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    “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 (1717–1797)