Drôme (Aure)

Drôme

Country France
Basin
Main source Saint-Martin-des-Besaces
205 m (673 ft)
49°00′32″N 0°54′02″W / 49.0089°N 0.9006°W / 49.0089; -0.9006
River mouth Aure
18 m (59 ft)
49°19′15″N 0°45′01″W / 49.3209°N 0.7502°W / 49.3209; -0.7502Coordinates: 49°19′15″N 0°45′01″W / 49.3209°N 0.7502°W / 49.3209; -0.7502
Progression AureVireEnglish Channel
Basin size 245 km2 (95 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 57.9 km (36.0 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    2.33 m3/s (82 cu ft/s)  (Sully)

The Drôme is a 57.9 km long river in Normandy.[1] Its source is on the border of the Manche and Calvados departments, at le Grand Cauville locality, near Saint-Martin-des-Besaces[2] and joins the Aure, left bank at Maisons, downstream of Bayeux in the Bessin region. It is a sub-affluent of the Vire.

Watershed

The watershed of the Drôme neighbours those of the Vire, Aure (east), Tortonne (NW) and Seulles (SE).

It is a narrow, northward basin. The longest of its affluents is the ruisseau du Vey (7.3 km)[3]),which it joins at Cormolain.

Drôme valley

Le pont de Sully.
Sully bridge

References

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