River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment

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The River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment is the drainage basin in West Yorkshire that collects water from the eastern slopes of the Pennines and feeds it into the River Calder and its tributaries.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river catchment
collectsRunoffFrom eastern slopes of the Pennines
containsInfrastructure M62 motorway corridor
linked to: M62 motorway

TransPennine rail routes
containsLandscapeFeature Calder Valley
Pennine moorland
South Pennines
containsLandUse agricultural land
industrial areas
upland grazing
urban areas
woodland
containsSettlement Upper Calder Valley settlements
containsTown Brighouse
Castleford (downstream confluence area)
linked to: Castleford

Dewsbury
Elland
Halifax
Hebden Bridge
Huddersfield
Mirfield
Normanton
Ossett
Sowerby Bridge
Todmorden
Wakefield
containsWatercourse Aire and Calder Navigation (downstream connection)
Calder and Hebble Navigation
River Calder (Yorkshire)
River Colne (West Yorkshire)
River Dearne (partly, via confluence system with Don/Aire–Calder navigation)
linked to: River Dearne

River Hebble
linked to: Hebble Brook

River Holme
River Ryburn
River Spen
country England
United Kingdom
drainsInto River Calder (Yorkshire)
hasConfluence River Aire at Castleford (via Aire and Calder Navigation)
hasEnvironmentalIssue historic industrial contamination
sewage discharges
urban diffuse pollution
locatedIn West Yorkshire
managedBy Environment Agency
partOf Humber river basin
linked to: Humber river system

Ouse river system
River Aire catchment
River Calder (Yorkshire) basin
subjectTo fluvial flooding
surface water flooding
usedFor hydropower (small-scale schemes)
navigation (via canalised sections)
public water supply (partly via reservoirs in headwaters)
recreation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennine watershed relatedTo River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment
River Aire basin containsWatercourse River Calder (adjacent and partly interacting catchment)
linked to: River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment