Écaillon (Scheldt)

Écaillon
The river in Montchaux-sur-Écaillon
Data
Water code	FR :  E1760750
location	France , Hauts-de-France region
River system	Scheldt
Drain over	Scheldt  → North Sea
source	in the municipality of Locquignol 50 ° 11 ′ 23 ″  N , 3 ° 43 ′ 51 ″  E
Source height	approx.  165  m
muzzle	north of Thiant in the canalized Scheldt Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 43 "  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 41"  E 50 ° 18 ′ 43 "  N , 3 ° 27 ′ 41"  E
Mouth height	approx.  25  m
Height difference	approx. 140 m
Bottom slope	approx. 4.2 ‰
length	33 km
Left tributaries	Harpies , Saint-Georges
Reservoirs flowed through	Étang de l'Écaillon

The Écaillon is a river in France that runs in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises in the municipality of Locquignol , in the Avesnois Regional Nature Park , generally drains in a north-westerly direction and flows into the canalized Scheldt after 33 kilometers north of Thiant as a right tributary .

Places on the river

• Locquignol
• Louvignies-Quesnoy
• Bermerain
• Vendegies-sur-Écaillon
• Verchain-Maugré
• Monchaux-sur-Écaillon
• Thiant

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on December 13, 2014, rounded to full kilometers