The Robec (Old Norse ''raudh'', red and ''bekkr'', stream) is a small

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. Its length is 8.9 km. The river begins near Fontaine-sous-Préaux, then it flows through Darnétal and ends in the Aubette in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

. In order to avoid a repetition of the floods that have affected the valleys of the Cailly, the Robec and the Aubette, a ''schéma d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux'' (water resource management scheme) is under consideration.

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