Airaines (river)

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Airaines
The Airaines in Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

The Airaines in Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

Data
Water code FR :  E6450800
location France , Hauts-de-France region
River system Somme
Drain over Somme  → English Channel
source on the municipal boundary of Métigny and Laleu
49 ° 56 ′ 29 ″  N , 1 ° 55 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height approx.  33  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Longpré-les-Corps-Saints and Condé-Folie in the Somme coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 24 ″  N , 2 ° 0 ′ 23 ″  E, 50 ° 1 ′ 24 ″  N , 2 ° 0 ′ 23 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  9  m
Height difference approx. 24 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.9 ‰
length 12.8 km
Catchment area 245 km²
The mill at Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

The mill at Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

The Airaines (French: Rivière d'Airaines , in the upper reaches: Ruisseau d'Airaines ) is a small river in France that runs in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises on the municipal boundary of Métigny and Laleu , flows generally north and flows after a run of 12.8 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Longpré-les-Corps-Saints and Condé-Folie as a left tributary into the canalized Somme .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Hydrography

The width of the river is 3 to 4 m. The river development is operated by the Syndicat Intercommunal d'Aménagement de la Vallée de l'Airaines.

Tributaries of the Airaines are:

  • Tailly (2.4 km)
  • Nitrolac (0.2 km)
  • Dreuil (8.8 km)
  • Eauette (0.6 km)

Web links

Commons : Airaines river  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr. The estuary is incorrectly referred to here as the Eauette, which contradicts the representation in the French water database Sandre .
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on 19 February 2014
  4. ↑ http://federationpeche80.nim80.com/documents/05_Airaines.pdf accessed on February 20, 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.ameva.org/?q=content/plan-de-gestion-de-la-riviere-airaines