The

river 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 wate ...

Créquoise (; pcd, Créquoése) is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and

Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...

, into the

Canche The river Canche (; nl, Kwinte) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel, of which the Somme is the largest example. It is long. The basin of the Canche extends to and lies ...

. It is long. The river rises at

Créquy Créquy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise, that rises in the nearby hills and is on ...

and passes by Torcy, Royon, Lebiez, Hesmond, Offin, Loison-sur-Créquoise and joins the Canche at

Beaurainville Beaurainville (; vls, Belrem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography Beaurainville is a small town situated some 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D13 ...

. Three small tributaries join the Créquoise, the Fosse du Corval, L'Embrienne and le Surgeon

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*''Carte Géologique de la France à l'échelle du millionième'' 6th edn. BRGM (2003)
Carte des bassins versants de la Canche et de la Ternoise Informations sur les atlas des zones inondables
Rivers of France Rivers of the Pas-de-Calais Rivers of Hauts-de-France {{France-river-stub

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