The
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...
Planquette () is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern
Boulonnais and
Picardy
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
Hist ...
, into the
Canche
The river Canche (; nl, Kwinte) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel, of which the Somme is the largest example. It is long. The basin of the Canche extends to and lies ...
. Its length is .
The river rises at
Planques
Planques (; vls, Planken) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The source of the small river Planquette is in the commune.
Population
Places of interest
* The 16th-18th century church
See also ...
and passes
Fressin
Fressin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village situated east of Montreuil, at the junction of the D155 and the D154 roads. Fressin nestles in the valley of the Plan ...
,
Wambercourt
Wambercourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France.
Geography
Wambercourt lies along the valley of the Planquette (a tributary of the Canche), in upper Artois.
Population
See also
*Communes of t ...
,
Cavron-Saint-Martin and joins the Canche at
Contes.
See also
*
Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux In France, the schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux (SDAGE) aims to put into effect the principles of the law of 3 January 1992 on the level of the major hydrographic basins. In translation, its name is outline for the organiza ...
References
External links
*''Carte Géologique de la France à l'échelle du millionième'' 6th edn. BRGM (2003)
Carte des bassins versants de la Canche et de la Ternoise Informations sur les atlas des zones inondables
Rivers of France
Rivers of the Pas-de-Calais
Rivers of Hauts-de-France
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