Clarence (Leie)
Clarence | ||
The Clarence in Lapugnoy |
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Water code | FR : E3640620 | |
location | France , Hauts-de-France region | |
River system | Scheldt | |
Drain over | Leie → Scheldt → North Sea | |
source | in the municipality of Sains-lès-Pernes 50 ° 29 ′ 5 ″ N , 2 ° 21 ′ 46 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 126 m | |
muzzle | at Calonne-sur-la-Lys in the Leie coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 33 " N , 2 ° 37 ′ 11" E 50 ° 37 ′ 33 " N , 2 ° 37 ′ 11" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 15 m | |
Height difference | approx. 111 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 3.4 ‰ | |
length | 33 km | |
Left tributaries | Nave | |
Small towns | Calonne-Ricouart , Marles-les-Mines |
The Clarence is a river in France that runs in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises in the municipality of Sains-lès-Pernes . The Clarence generally drains in a north-easterly direction and flows after 33 kilometers at Calonne-sur-la-Lys as a right tributary into the so-called Vieille Lys , which flows into the canalized Leie (French: Lys ) after around two kilometers . At Robecq it crosses the Canal d'Aire , a section of the large shipping route Dunkirk-Scheldt .
Places on the river
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on July 30, 2009, rounded to full kilometers