There are several different rivers named River Colne, all in England:
- River Colne, Essex — the river of Halstead, Colchester and Wivenhoe.
- River Colne, Hertfordshire — tributary of the River Thames, flowing from south Hertfordshire to form the border of Buckinghamshire and Greater London with distributaries there and in Berkshire and Surrey.
- River Colne, West Yorkshire — the river of Huddersfield and a tributary of the Calder.
The English canal network connects to the rivers in Hertfordshire and West Yorkshire.
Famous quotes containing the word river:
“This spirit it was which so early carried the French to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi on the north, and the Spaniard to the same river on the south. It was long before our frontiers reached their settlements in the West, and a voyageur or coureur de bois is still our conductor there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)