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began in 1770 and reached completion in 1843. It is 156 km (97 mi) long, beginning at St.Simon and opening into the Bay of the Somme. From St.Simon to Froissy (near Bray sur Somme, south of Albert), the canal is alongside the river. Thence to the sea, the river is partly river and partly
673:. The train stopped and we descended. There in front of us was a muddy, sluggish and somewhat narrow stream, which has given its name to one of the most awful battles in history – the Somme." The great battles that finally stopped the German advance in the 475: 80:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge. 669:, lasted from July to November 1916 and resulted in more than a million casualties. Private A. S. Bullock in his wartime memoir recalled his first sight of it in early April 1918: "... we reached a small place called 156: 496: 1097: 1093: 1089: 1085: 1081: 1077: 1073: 1069: 1173: 1169: 1165: 1161: 1157: 1153: 1149: 1145: 1141: 1137: 1132: 1128: 1124: 1120: 1116: 83:
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Daily flow rates compared with mean rates for the time of year at Hangest-sur-Somme (m³/s). Catchment area 4,835 km (1,867 sq mi).
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Gargani J.; Stab O; Cojan I.n Brulhet J. (2006). "Modelling the long-term fluvial erosion of the river Somme during the last million years".
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The river is characterized by a very gentle gradient and a steady flow. The valley is more or less steep-sided but its bottom is flat with
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shows the fenny valley crossing the chalk to the sea on the left. The sinuous length at the centre of the picture lies downstream from
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Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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In 2001, the Somme valley was affected by particularly high floods, which were in large part due to a rise in the
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and pools. These characteristics of steady flow and flooded valley bottom arise from the river's being fed by the
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Mean flow rates monthly and daily at Péronne (m³/s). Catchment area 1,294 km (500 sq mi).
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An example of the lakes formed in the fen of the valley bottom. They attract wildfowlers and anglers.
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The river is 245 km (152 mi) in length, from its source in the high ground of the former
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The Somme has featured prominently in several military campaigns. In 1066, the invasion fleet of
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is a nature reserve in the town of St.Quentin. The traditional market gardens of
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of 1918 were fought around the valley of the Somme in places like
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also links the Somme to the Oise, at Noyon, thence to Paris.
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basin in which it lies. At earlier, colder times, from the
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The Marquenterre bird sanctuary at the mouth of the river
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are on this sort of land but drained. Once exploited for
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is now much smaller than it once was but still extensive.
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Catchment area 5,560 km (2,150 sq mi).
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Here, the flow of water had been 631:'s army, which forded the river at the 14: 1537: 696:Départements and towns along the river 623:assembled in the Bay of the Somme, at 553:- ('summery') itself derived from the 1295: 1267: 1040: 467: 383:35 m/s (1,200 cu ft/s) 349:6,550 km (2,530 sq mi) 976:geology to a level below the modern 38: 654:defeating a French army during the 648:Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano 24: 780:The tributaries listed comprise: 25: 1576: 1523: 1417:Histoire du cardinal de Richelieu 1444:Bullock, Arthur Stanley (2009). 1360:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00671.x 1273:Longman Pronunciation Dictionary 438: 405: 142: 110:{{Translated|fr|Somme (fleuve)}} 43: 1415:Hanotaux, Gabriel (1933–1947). 1057:Flow rates at Hangest-sur-Somme 1036:Flow-rate data (external links) 646:In 1636, a Spanish army led by 1437: 1331: 1289: 1261: 775: 748:The mouth of the Somme in the 300: • coordinates 221: • coordinates 108:You may also add the template 13: 1: 1481:Falileyev, Alexander (2010). 1448:. 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France
Picardy
Fonsommes
49°54′23″N 03°24′11″E / 49.90639°N 3.40306°E / 49.90639; 3.40306
Mouth
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
English Channel
50°11′10″N 01°38′35″E / 50.18611°N 1.64306°E / 50.18611; 1.64306
Abbeville
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SOM
US
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SUM
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