Which city is situated at the confluence of the Eden and Caldew rivers?
City of Carlisle making the city the largest in England by area. Although 70% of the city's 100,750 people live in central Carlisle, 98% of the city's land use is rural. The city is traversed by several major rivers, including the Caldew, Eden, and Petteril, and is bisected by the M6, A74(M) motorways. Along the City of Carlisle's northern extent is the Solway Firth, which forms the western section of the Anglo-Scottish border, and thus divides the city from Dumfries and Galloway, one of the council areas of Scotland. To the east is the English county of Northumberland; to the south is the
River Caldew the castle before emptying into the River Eden opposite Stanwix. " Probably 'the cold river', from OE 'cald' and OE 'éa' 'river', influenced by OFr 'ewe' 'water'...However, the possibility that this is a Brit.[ish] name meaning 'swift river' from the same root as 'Calder' cannot be ruled out altogether." (OE=Old English, OFr=Old French, Brit.=British language). River Caldew The River Caldew is a river running through Cumbria in England. Historically, the county watered by the Caldew was Cumberland. The Caldew's source is high up on Skiddaw, between the summit and Sale How, in the Lake District, from where it runs east