River Calder (Cumbria)
| River Calder | ||
 The river calder |
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| location | Cumbria , England | |
| River system | River Calder (Cumbria) | |
| River basin district | North West | |
| origin | north of whoap 54 ° 30 ′ 27 ″ N , 3 ° 23 ′ 24 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Irish Sea near Sellafield Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ 38 " N , 3 ° 30 ′ 21" W 54 ° 24 ′ 38 " N , 3 ° 30 ′ 21" W |
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| Left tributaries | Worm Gill | |
The River Calder is a watercourse in Cumbria , England . It rises north of Whoap and south of Ennerdale Water in the Lake District . It first flows west before turning south east of the Blakeley Raise . It crosses the Sellafield nuclear facility from north to south and flows into the Irish Sea in an estuary with the River Ehen and the Newmill Beck .
A 150 m section of the River Calder is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . The section is located at the Kinniside Common south of Ennderdale Bridge . ( 54 ° 29 '30 " N , 3 ° 26' 20" W ) In outcroppings here let fossils from the Tremadocian notice from those clearly elsewhere in the UK differ .
Web links
Commons : River Calder, Cumbria - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ^ River Calder Section on SSSI List at Natural England