The
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
Eaulne is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the eastern
Pays de Caux
The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs ...
in the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-In ...
''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
'' of
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
in northern
France
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. It is long.
The Eaulne's source is at
Mortemer. It then flows northwestwards through
Sainte-Beuve-en-Rivière,
Saint-Germain-sur-Eaulne,
Londinières,
Douvrend,
Envermeu, turning westward at
Bellengreville and on to
Ancourt,
Martin-Église and joins the river
Arques at
Arques-la-Bataille
Arques-la-Bataille () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
The zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) was born in Arques.
Geography
Arques is situated near the conflu ...
.
See also
*
French water management scheme
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of Seine-Maritime
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