Avelon (river)
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Water code | FR : H2130600 | |
location | France , Hauts-de-France region | |
River system | His | |
Drain over | Thérain → Oise → Seine → English Channel | |
source | on the municipal boundary of Villembray and Senantes 49 ° 29 ′ 2 ″ N , 1 ° 51 ′ 16 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 130 m | |
muzzle | in the urban area of Beauvais in the Thérain coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 37 ″ N , 2 ° 4 ′ 31 ″ E 49 ° 25 ′ 37 ″ N , 2 ° 4 ′ 31 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 65 m | |
Height difference | approx. 65 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 2.8 ‰ | |
length | 23 km | |
Catchment area | 172 km² | |
Medium-sized cities | Beauvais |
The Avelon is a river in France that runs in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises in the Pays de Bray landscape , on the municipal boundary of Villembray and Senantes , generally drains in a south-easterly direction and, after 23 kilometers, flows into the Thérain as a right tributary in the urban area of Beauvais .
The right tributaries of the Avelon are the Ruisseau de Raques (4.5 km) in the commune of Blacourt , Ruisseau du Moulinet in the commune of Saint-Paul and Ru d'Auneuil in the commune of Rainvillers ; the left tributaries are the Ru d'Evaux (6 , 2 km) in the municipality of Lachapelle-aux-Pots and the Ru de Boyauval in Saint-Paul .
Places on the river
- Villembray
- Avelon , Blacourt parish
- Lachapelle-aux-Pots
- Le Becquet , parish of Saint-Paul
- Aux marais
- Goincourt
- Beauvais
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
- ↑ mouth geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
- ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Avelon from SANDRE (French), accessed on March 4, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.