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The Béthune (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river of Normandy, France, 61 kilometres (38 mi) in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime and it is a tributary of the Arques. However, Sandre , the regulators of France's national Water Information System, consider the Béthune to be the upper part of the Arques.
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 name of the rivers also forms part of the title of "Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse", written after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and a popular patriotic song for the rest of the 19th century and into the 20th.
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The Arc (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an 83-kilometre (52 mi) long river in Southern France. [1] It arises at an elevation of 470 metres (1,540 ft), close to the village of Pourcieux . It then passes through Aix-en-Provence before flowing into the Étang de Berre , a lagoon connected with the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Marseille .
The Deûle (French pronunciation:; Dutch: Deule) is a river of northern France which is channeled for the main part of its course (from Lens to Lille). The upstream part is still partly free-flowing and is known as the Souchez. The Deûle flows into the Lys (right bank) in Deûlémont.
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
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).