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The Orne (French: ⓘ) is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It is 170 km (110 mi) long. [1] It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre.
Vienne (Normandy) Vire (river) Y. Yères This page was last edited on 31 January 2021, at 16:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The river's source is just northwest of Buchy near to Montérolier, Its valley separates the pays de Caux on the west bank from the pays de Bray to the east. Of the three rivers that form the Arques, the Varenne is the shortest but paradoxically has the largest catchment area and highest speed (3.5 m/s).
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.
In a small Normandy town where paratroopers landed in the early hours of D-Day, applause broke the silence to honor Charles Shay, the only veteran attending a ceremony in Carentan commemorating ...
The capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges (wrongly known as Operation Deadstick (which in fact was a specialized glider exercise), and in official documents as Operation Coup de Main) was an operation by airborne forces of the British Army that took place in the early hours of 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings of the Second World War.
The Dives (French pronunciation:; also Dive) is a 105 km long river in the Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France. [1] It flows into the English Channel in Cabourg. The source of the Dives is near Exmes, in the Orne department. The Dives flows generally north through the following departments and towns: Orne: Trun
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