Somme River

The Somme River (French Rivière Somme) is a river in Picardy, northern France.

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French - River - Picardy - France

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The river is 245 km long, from its source in the high ground of the former Forest of Arrouaise at Fonsommes near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geological syncline which also forms The Solent. This gives it a fairly constant and gentle gradient.

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Fonsommes - Saint-Quentin - English Channel - Geological - Syncline - Solent

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