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