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The Couesnon (French pronunciation:; Breton: Kouenon) is a river running from the département of Mayenne in north-western France, forming an estuary at Mont Saint-Michel. It is 97.8 km (60.8 mi) long, and its drainage basin is 1,124 km 2 (434 sq mi). [1] Its final stretch forms the border between the historical duchies of Normandy and Brittany.
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 .
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Iton (French pronunciation:) is a river in Normandy, France, left tributary of the river Eure. It is 131.8 km (81.9 mi) long. [1] Its source is near Moulins-la-Marche. For about 10 km between Orvaux and Glisolles, it disappears and pursues a subterranean course. The Iton flows through the following départements and towns:
The Cotentin peninsula is part of the Armorican Massif [2] (with the exception of the Plain lying in the Paris Basin) and lies between the estuary of the Vire river and Mont Saint-Michel Bay. It is divided into three areas: the headland of Cap de la Hague, the Cotentin Pass (the Plain), and the valley of the Saire River (Val de Saire). It forms ...
The Vire (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river in Normandy, France whose 128 km (80 mi) course crosses the départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, [1] finally flowing out into the English Channel. Its main tributaries are the Aure, the Elle and the Souleuvre.
The Drôme is a 57.9 km long river in Normandy. [1] Its source is on the border of the Manche and Calvados departments, at le Grand Cauville locality, near Saint-Martin-des-Besaces [2] and joins the Aure, left bank at Maisons, downstream of Bayeux in the Bessin region.
The Risle (French pronunciation:; less common: Rille) is a 145 km (90 mi) long river in Normandy, left tributary of the Seine. [1]The river begins in the Orne department west of L'Aigle, crosses the western part of the department of Eure flowing from south to north and out into the estuary of the Seine on the left bank near Berville-sur-Mer.