South Calder Water

South Calder Water
Calder Bridge, South Calder, Lanarkshire,
The river at Coltness
Map
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
( Scotland)
Basin features
CitiesShotts, Allanton, Bonkle, Newmains, Wishaw, Coltness, Craigneuk, Forgewood, Motherwell

The South Calder Water, known locally as "The Cawder", or simply "Calder", is a river in Scotland. It runs west from the high plateau between Shotts[1] and Fauldhouse to its joining with the much larger River Clyde.

The high plateau is also the watershed of the River Almond, which flows east into the River Forth.

  1. ^ "25 inch O.S. Map with zoom and Bing overlay". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 30 December 2017.