DOVE, a river of England, tributary to the Trent, rising in Axe Edge, Derbyshire, and through almost its entire course form= ing the boundary of that county with Staffordshire. In its upper course it traverses a fine narrow valley, where the limestone hills exhibit many picturesque cliffs, gullies and caves. Dovedale, that part between Dove Holes and Thorpe Cloud, is especially famous. Below Thorpe Cloud the Dove receives on the west the Manifold, which, like its tributary, the Hamps, and other streams in the limestone district, has part of its course below ground. Near the village of Rocester the Churnet joins the Dove on the west, and then its course, hitherto southerly, bends nearly easterly on pass ing Uttoxeter, and, winding through a widening valley, joins the Trent below Burton-on-Trent at Newton Solney. The length of the valley is about 4o m. and the total fall of the river about 1,450 feet. The Dove is well known for trout-fishing, and Beres ford Dale, below Hartington, has a special interest for fishermen through its associations with Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, whose fishing-house stands near the Pike Pool.