Taute (river)

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Taute
The Taute between Tribehou (left) and Saint-André-de-Bohon (right)

The Taute between Tribehou (left) and Saint-André-de-Bohon (right)

Data
Water code FR :  I52-0400
location France , Normandy region
River system Douve
Drain over Douve  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Cambernon,
49 ° 6 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 21 ′ 31 ″  W
Source height approx.  108  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saint-Hilaire-Petitville in the Douve Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 13 ′ 33 ″  W 49 ° 19 ′ 3 ″  N , 1 ° 13 ′ 33 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  2  m
Height difference approx. 106 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.7 ‰
length 40 km
Catchment area 1034 km²
Right tributaries Lozon , Terrette
Small towns Carentan
River system of the Douve with the Taute

River system of the Douve with the Taute

The Taute is a river in France that runs in the Manche department in the Normandy region . It rises near L'Hôtel Caplain , in the municipality of Cambernon , generally drains in a north-easterly direction through the marshland of the Marais du Cotentin and Bessin Regional Nature Park and flows after 40 kilometers in the municipality of Saint-Hilaire-Petitville , at the port entrance of Carentan , as a right tributary to the Douve . Above Carentan, water is branched off from the Taute in a side arm to supply the harbor basin .

Places on the river

The Taute marshland in the Graignes-Mesnil-Angot municipality

shipping

The 12-kilometer Canal de Vire et Taute , which was built in 1839 and used as an inland shipping route between Saint-Lô and Carentan , runs between the lower reaches of the Vire and Taute rivers . The canal was closed to shipping after 1944 because the lock systems were partially destroyed when the German troops withdrew. Since 2008, the surrounding communities have been trying to restore the canal for tourism on the water.

Web links

Commons : Taute  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the river length is based on the information about the Taute at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 25, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.