Avre (Somme)

Infobox River | river_name = Avre


caption =
origin = Amy, Oise
mouth = Somme
coord|49|53|0|N|2|20|25|E|name=Somme-Avre|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 66 km
elevation = 280m
discharge = 5.1 m³/s
watershed = 1150 km²

The Avre is a river in Picardie and is the principal tributary, from the left side, of the Somme. At 66 kilometres long, it drains a relatively important basin of 1,150 km² but only flows at best 5,1 m³/s near its confluence at Longueau [ [http://www.eau-artois-picardie.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=418 L'Avre sur le site de l'agence de l'eau Artois-Picardie.] ] .
Its principal tributaries are: the Noye, joining at Boves, the Trois Doms joining at Pierrepont-sur-Avre, the Brache joing at Braches and the Luce river at Berteaucourt-les-Thennes.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/E6400600.php?cg=E6400600 The Avre at the Sandre database]