Cance (Sélune)

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Cance
Grande Cascade waterfall near Mortain

Grande Cascade waterfall near Mortain

Data
Water code FR :  I90-0400
location France , Normandy region
River system Sélune
Drain over Sélune  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Ger
48 ° 40 ′ 29 ″  N , 0 ° 49 ′ 54 ″  W
Source height approx.  300  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Bion and Notre-Dame-de-Touchet in the Sélune Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 55 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 22 ″  W 48 ° 35 ′ 55 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 22 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  76  m
Height difference approx. 224 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 19 km
Catchment area 217 km²
Right tributaries Cançon

The Cance is a river in France that runs in the Manche department in the Normandy region . It rises under the name Ruisseau des Vieux Gués in the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Ger , generally drains in a south-westerly direction and flows into the Sélune after 19 kilometers at the municipal border of Bion and Notre-Dame-de-Touchet as a right tributary .

Places on the river

Attractions

Shortly before the confluence of the Cançon at Mortain, the Cance forms a waterfall, the Grande Cascade , while the Cançon overcomes the same steep step with the Petite Cascade .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b source geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Cance at SANDRE (French), accessed on September 20, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.