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 ...
Planquette () 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 ...
. Its length is .
The river rises at
Planques and passes
Fressin
Fressin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village situated east of Montreuil, at the junction of the D155 and the D154 roads. Fressin nestles in the valley of the Planq ...
,
Wambercourt,
Cavron-Saint-Martin and joins the Canche at
Contes.
See also
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Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux In France, the schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux (SDAGE) aims to put into effect the principles of the law of 3 January 1992 on the level of the major hydrographic basins. In translation, its name is outline for the organizati ...
References
External links
*''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
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