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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 ...

Eaulne is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the eastern

Pays de Caux The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French ''département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cliffs ...

in the

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

'' of

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

in northern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It is long. The Eaulne's source is at Mortemer. It then flows northwestwards through Sainte-Beuve-en-Rivière,

Saint-Germain-sur-Eaulne Saint-Germain-sur-Eaulne is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the river Eaulne in the Pays de Bray, at the junction of the D60 with the D36 ...

Londinières Londinières () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region in northern France. Geography A small farming town with a light industry situated by ...

Douvrend Douvrend () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated in the valley of the Eaulne river in the Pays de Caux, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the ...

Envermeu Envermeu () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A town of light industry and farming situated in the valley of the Eaulne river, in the Pays de Caux, some east of Dieppe, at the jun ...

, turning westward at Bellengreville and on to

Ancourt Ancourt () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated in the Petit-Caux, by the banks of the river Eaulne, some east of Dieppe, at the junction ...

, Martin-Église and joins the river Arques at

Arques-la-Bataille Arques-la-Bataille () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. The zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) was born in Arques. Geography Arques is situated near the conflue ...

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Rivers of France Rivers of Normandy Rivers of Seine-Maritime {{France-river-stub

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