The Noye (; pcd, Noée) is a
river
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in the
Hauts-de-France region
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of northern
France
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.
The Noye is located in the northern part of the
Picard plateau. It is the left tributary of the
Avre river, which is itself a left tributary of the
Somme. The Noye starts near the
commune
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of
Vendeuil-Caply and extends to a length of . It flows through the
departments of
Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...
and
Somme at
Breteuil and
Ailly-sur-Noye, entering the Avre at
Boves, southeast of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
.
References
Rivers of Oise
Rivers of Somme (department)
Rivers of France
Rivers of Hauts-de-France
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