North Calder Water

North Calder Water
North Calder Water as seen from the Monkland Canal tow path

The North Calder Water is a river in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It flows for 12 miles from the Black Loch to the River Clyde at Daldowie south-east of Glasgow.

v · d · eRiver Clyde, Scotland
Administrative areas
Flows into
Firth of Clyde, then North Channel
Towns
(upstream to downstream)
Elvanfoot · Abington · Symington · New Lanark · Lanark · Wishaw · Motherwell · Hamilton · Bothwell · Uddingston · Rutherglen · Glasgow · Renfrew · Clydebank · Bearsden · Old Kilpatrick · Dumbarton · Port Glasgow · Greenock · Helensburgh · Gourock · Dunoon
Major tributaries
(upstream to downstream by confluence)
Daer Water · Potrail Water · Duneaton Water · Medwin Water · Douglas Water · Mouse Water · River Nethan · Avon Water · South Calder Water · North Calder Water · River Kelvin · River Cart · River Leven
Major bridges
(upstream to downstream)

Garrion Bridge · Dalmarnock Bridge · Dalmarnock Railway Bridge · Rutherglen Bridge · Polmadie Bridge · King's Bridge · St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge · Pipe Bridge and Weir · Albert Bridge · City Union Bridge · Victoria Bridge · South Portland Street Suspension Bridge · Glasgow Bridge · Caledonian Railway Bridge · George V Bridge · Tradeston Bridge · Kingston Bridge · Clyde Arc · Bell's Bridge · Millennium Bridge · Erskine Bridge

Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Great Ouse 5. Wye 6. Ure/Ouse 7. Tay 8. Spey 9. Clyde 10. Tweed 11. Avon 12. Nene 13. Eden 14. Dee

External links

Coordinates: 55°50′N 4°07′W / 55.833°N 4.117°W / 55.833; -4.117


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