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Vilaine River
The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km long. Course of the river The river arises near the towns of Juvigné and La Croixille. It passes through 4 ''départements'' (Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan) and 4 main towns (Rennes, Vitré, Redon, and La Roche-Bernard), then flows into the Bay of Biscay by Pénestin. Three barrages were built around Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine to alleviate flooding, while securing potable water supplies: * 1978 Valière barrage * 1982 Haute-Vilaine barrage * 1995 Villaumur barrage They are also amenities for recreational activities. Hydrology The river has a flow ranging between 2 and 1500 m3/s Navigation The Vilaine is part of Brittany's canal system, built mainly in the 19th century for relatively small barges (130 tonne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department. In 2017, the urban area had a population of 357,327 inhabitants, and the larger metropolitan area had 739,974 inhabitants.Comparateur de territoire Unité urbaine 2020 de Rennes (35701), Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Rennes (013) INSEE The inhabitants of Rennes are called Rennais/Rennaises in French. Rennes's history goes back more than 2,000 years, at a time when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal De Nantes à Brest
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow under atmospheric pressure, and can be thought of as artificial rivers. In most cases, a canal has a series of dams and locks that create reservoirs of low speed current flow. These reservoirs are referred to as ''slack water levels'', often just called ''levels''. A canal can be called a ''navigation canal'' when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge, generally requiring an external water source above the highest elevation. The best-known example of such a canal is the Panama Canal. Many ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Ille-et-Vilaine
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Brittany
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Pays De La Loire
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilaine Basin
The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km long. Course of the river The river arises near the towns of Juvigné and La Croixille. It passes through 4 ''départements'' (Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan) and 4 main towns (Rennes, Vitré, Redon, and La Roche-Bernard), then flows into the Bay of Biscay by Pénestin. Three barrages were built around Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine to alleviate flooding, while securing potable water supplies: * 1978 Valière barrage * 1982 Haute-Vilaine barrage * 1995 Villaumur barrage They are also amenities for recreational activities. Hydrology The river has a flow ranging between 2 and 1500 m3/s Navigation The Vilaine is part of Brittany's canal system, built mainly in the 19th century for relatively small barges (130 tonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of France
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in France. 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 rivers that are longer than 50 km (or have longer tributaries) are shown. In French, rivers are traditionally classified either as ''fleuves'' when they flow into the sea (or into a desert or lake), or as ''rivières'' when they flow into another river. The ''fleuves'' are shown in bold. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of France, see the category Rivers of France. Tributary list North Sea The rivers in this section are sorted north-east (Netherlands) to south-west ( Calais). * Rhine/Rhin (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands) ** Moselle (in Koblenz, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isac (river)
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Oust (river)
The Oust (; br, Oud) is a river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the Vilaine. It is long. Its source is in the hills between Corlay and Quintin. It flows generally southeast, through the following ''départements'' and towns: * Côtes-d'Armor: Uzel * Morbihan: Rohan, Josselin, Malestroit * Ille-et-Vilaine: Redon The Oust flows into the river Vilaine in Redon. The part of the Oust between Rohan and Redon has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedication ... are among its tributaries. References Rivers of France Rivers of Brittany Rivers of Côtes-d'Armor Rivers of Ille-et-Vilaine Rivers of Morbihan Brittany region articles needing translatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don (Vilaine) .
The Don () is a river in Brittany, northwestern France. It is a tributary of the river Vilaine. It is long. Geography The river Don rises near Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux in Maine-et-Loire. The river flows west, passing through the towns of Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes and Petit-Auverné, where the Little Don joins it. The river flows through the towns of Isse, Treffieux and Jans, where the River Cone joins it. After passing under the RN 137, it continues toward Marsac-sur-Don, Guémené-Penfao and then Massérac, where it empties into the river Vilaine at the border of Loire-Atlantique and the Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019. Hydrology The Don has a very irregular flow rate over the months, like other tri ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chère
The Chère (; br, Kaer) is a long river in the Loire-Atlantique and Ille-et-Vilaine ''départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Soudan. It flows generally west. It is a left tributary of the Vilaine into which it flows between Pierric and Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine. Communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Loire-Atlantique: Soudan, Châteaubriant, Rougé, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Sion-les-Mines, Mouais, Derval, *Ille-et-Vilaine: Grand-Fougeray Grand-Fougeray (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography The river Chère forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Inhabitants of Grand-Fougeray are called ''Fulkériens'' i ..., *Loire-Atlantique: Pierric, *Ille-et-Vilaine: Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine References Rivers of France Rivers of Brittany Rivers of Loire-Atlantique Rivers of Ille-et-Vilaine Rivers of Pays de la Loire {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semnon
The Semnon (; br, Sevnon) is a long river in the Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire, Ille-et-Vilaine and Loire-Atlantique ''départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Congrier. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Vilaine into which it flows between Pléchâtel and Bourg-des-Comptes. ''Départements'' and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Mayenne: Congrier, Saint-Erblon, Senonnes *Maine-et-Loire: Pouancé *Ille-et-Vilaine: Eancé, Martigné-Ferchaud *Loire-Atlantique: Fercé *Ille-et-Vilaine: Thourie *Loire-Atlantique: Soulvache *Ille-et-Vilaine: Teillay, Ercé-en-Lamée, Lalleu, Tresbœuf, La Bosse-de-Bretagne, Bain-de-Bretagne, Pancé, Pléchâtel, Poligné, Bourg-des-Comptes Bourg-des-Comptes (; br, Gwikomm; Gallo: ''Bórg-Cons'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography The river Semnon forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
