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US Army map of the Cotentin peninsula in 1944, showing the Merderet. The Merderet is a 36.4-kilometre-long (22.6-mile) river in Normandy, France, which is a tributary to the river Douve. [1] It runs roughly north-south down the middle of the Cotentin peninsula from Valognes to the junction with the Douve at Beuzeville la Bastille.
The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in italics. For clarity, only ...
The map of the basin area of Meuse was joined to the text of the treaty. [15] As for culture, as a major communication route the River Meuse is the origin of Mosan art, principally (Wallonia and France). The first landscape painted in the Renaissance was the landscape of Meuse by Joachim Patinir. [16]
The Douve (French pronunciation:) or Ouve is a river, 78.6 km (48.8 mi) in length, [1] which rises in the commune of Tollevast, near Cherbourg in the department of Manche. Ouve is considered its old name ( Unva in ancient texts): Ouve appears to have been misspelled over the course of time as "Douve river" and then as "River of the Douve ...
The river was also the site of the men's and women's event for marathon swimming, as well as the swimming portion of the triathlon. [46] Although swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923, a €1.4 billion cleanup effort by the French government sought to reduce bacterial levels in the river to those safe for swimming. [ 47 ]
General George Patton's Third Army's Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt was the first allied bridgehead across the Seine River in the aftermath of Operation Overlord, which allowed the Allies to engage in the Liberation of Paris. During the two days of the bridge crossing, American anti-aircraft artillery shot down almost fifty German ...
Nièvre is also well known for its white wine, Pouilly Fumé. [7] The vineyards are scattered around villages including Pouilly-Sur-Loire, which lends its name to the appellation, Tracy sur Loire, Boisgibault, Saint Andelain. The word fumé is French for "smoky", and it is said the name comes from the smoky or flinty quality of these wines. [7]
The list includes two major rivers, the Rhine and the Rhône, that have their source in Switzerland, while others flow out of France into Germany, Luxemburg and Belgium (the Sarre, Moselle, Sambre, Escaut and Lys). Cross-border canals change their name at the border. The canals are listed in order of the Sort name column. Locations given in red ...