The Aure () is a river in northwestern France, in the department of
Calvados. It is long.
Its source is in
Caumont-l'Éventé, and it flows into the river
Vire
Vire () is a town and a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Vire Normandie.
Geography
The town is located on the river Vire. Much of it ...
in
Isigny-sur-Mer. The largest town on the Aure is
Bayeux
Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...
.
History
In modern history, crossing of the Aure is noted in the advances of units of infantry of the United States as they undertook liberation of France from
Germany in June, 1944. The river leads to a small mill that formerely was used to make cotton.
Hydrology and water quality
The Aure river has relatively high
turbidity and its brownish water is moderate in velocity due to the slight gradient of the watercourse, although the narrow channel in locations like
Bayeux
Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...
centre engenders higher surface velocities;
pH levels have been measured at 8.35 in the centre of Bayeux near the
Bayeux Tapestry Museum
[Hogan, C. Michael, ''Water quality of freshwater bodies in France'', Lumina Tech. Press, Aberdeen, Scotland (2006)] and
electrical conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also called specific electrical resistance or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property of a material that measures how strongly it resists electric current. A low resistivity indicates a material that readily allow ...
of the waters have tested at 37 micro-siemens per centimetre.
Turbidity has been measured at 13 centimetres by the
Secchi disc method. At this reference location of Bayeux, summer flows are typically in the range of .
Tributaries
*Le Lieu Gueroult (ruisseau)
*Ruisseau de la Baronnie
*Le Vession (ruisseau)
*L'Aurette (L)
*Ruisseau de Fumichon
*Ruisseau du Ponchot
*La
Drôme (L) ~ 58 km long ~ its main affluent
*Le Cachiau (ruisseau)
*Le Douet du Val (ruisseau)
*Le Douet de Riloques (ruisseau)
*Le Douet de Courtelay (ruisseau)
*La Tortonne (L)
*L'Esque (L)
*Ruisseau du Moulin Dannebey
*Ruisseau de la Bellaie
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of Calvados (department)
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