- Madeleine River
Infobox River | river_name = Madeleine
caption =
origin =
mouth =Bourbeuse
basin_countries =France
length = 25 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation = 340 m
discharge =
watershed = 45 km²Madeleine is a
river in easternFrance , in theTerritoire de Belfort "département".It begins in the
Vosges mountains , near the commune ofLamadeleine-Val-des-Anges . 25 km downstream (340 m above sea level), it joins the river Saint-Nicolas in the village Bretagne to form the riverBourbeuse . The river Bourbeuse is a tributary to the river Allan, which is a tributary to the river Doubs.The Madeleine river flows through the communes of
Étueffont ,Anjoutey ,Bourg-sous-Châtelet ,Bethonvilliers ,Lacollonge , Fontenelle,Petit-Croix andNovillard .The basin in that area is 45 km². It is also a fishing area. The confluence with the Saint-Nicolas is in a marshy area.
References
*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/U2310500.php?cg=U2310500 The Madeleine at the Sandre database]
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