Lawe
Lawe | ||
The Lawe at Bruay-La Buissière |
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Water code | FR : E3660600 | |
location | France , Hauts-de-France region | |
River system | Scheldt | |
Drain over | Leie → Scheldt → North Sea | |
source | near Rocourt-en-l'Eau , municipality of Magnicourt-en-Comté 50 ° 24 ′ 19 ″ N , 2 ° 27 ′ 55 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 103 m | |
muzzle | at La Gorgue in the Leie coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 25 " N , 2 ° 42 ′ 17" E 50 ° 38 ′ 25 " N , 2 ° 42 ′ 17" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 15 m | |
Height difference | approx. 88 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 2.1 ‰ | |
length | 41 km | |
Medium-sized cities | Bruay-la-Buissière , Bethune | |
Small towns | Houdain , Divion , Annezin , La Gorgue |
The Lawe is a river in France that runs largely in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises near Rocourt-en-l'Eau , in the municipality of Magnicourt-en-Comté , generally drains in a north-easterly direction and flows into the Leie after 41 kilometers at La Gorgue , in the northern department as a right tributary .
shipping
At Béthune it crosses the Canal d'Aire , a section of the large shipping route Dunkirk-Scheldt . The Lawe itself is canalised from the estuary to Béthune , but the locks are no longer preserved, so that this area can no longer be used for shipping today.
Places on the river
Web links
Commons : Lawe - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The Lawe in the Babel project (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b geoportail.gouv.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ Water information system , Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on August 17, 2009, rounded to full kilometers