Maye
| Maye | ||
 The river at the entrance to Rue |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : E6490830 | |
| location | France , Hauts-de-France region | |
| River system | Maye | |
| source | in the municipality of Fontaine-sur-Maye 50 ° 14 ′ 8 ″ N , 1 ° 55 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 41 m | |
| muzzle | in the Somme Bay in the English Channel Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 41 ″ N , 1 ° 29 ′ 56 ″ E 50 ° 13 ′ 41 ″ N , 1 ° 29 ′ 56 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 41 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | 38 km | |
 In the Marquenterre bird park |
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The Maye is a river in France that runs in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises in the municipality of Fontaine-sur-Maye , dehydrated generally in a westerly direction, leaving the mainland after the municipal border of Le Crotoy and Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont and ends after a total of 38 kilometers in the wrongly called Somme "Bay" designated estuary of the Somme River in the English Channel . For the drainage of wetlands , the Canal de la Maye is branched off at Arry and led into the summer bay just east of Le Crotoy .
Places on the river
Attractions
In its mouth section, the Maye reaches the Parc du Marquenterre bird sanctuary and crosses the Somme Bay nature reserve (French: Réserve naturelle de la Baye de Somme).
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
- ↑ mouth geoportail.fr (1: 64,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the Maye at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 29, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.