| River Dane | |
|---|---|
 The Dane at Three Shire Heads | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Counties | Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Axe Edge Moor |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with River Weaver |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Croco, River Wheelock |
The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier Daven) is probably from the Old Welsh dafn, meaning a "drop or trickle", implying a slow-moving river.[1]
- ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Dane", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press