Scardon

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Scardon
Data
Water code FR :  E6480600
location France , Hauts-de-France region
River system Somme
Drain over Somme  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Saint-Riquier
50 ° 8 ′ 13 ″  N , 1 ° 57 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height approx.  33  m
muzzle on the outskirts of Abbeville in the Somme Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  N , 1 ° 49 ′ 21 ″  E 50 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  N , 1 ° 49 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  6  m
Height difference approx. 27 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.2 ‰
length 12.4 km
Catchment area 206 km²
Right tributaries Drucat, Novion
Medium-sized cities Abbeville

The Scardon is a small river in France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Riquier , flows generally in a south-westerly direction through the Ponthieu landscape and, after a run of around 12 kilometers, flows into the Somme as a left tributary in Abbeville . The valley of the Scardon is crossed northeast of Abbeville by the Autoroute A16 on a 1022 meter long concrete bridge.

Places on the river

Order in flow direction:

Hydrography

The Novion in Abbeville

The Scardon has two small right tributaries, namely the Drucat and the Novion .

Web links

Commons : Scardon River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on April 21, 2014
  4. ↑ catchment area
  5. ↑ Scardon Viaduct on Structurae.