Sensée

Infobox_River | river_name = Sensée


caption = The Sensée near Remy.
origin = Picardie
mouth = Scheldt
coord|50|16|46|N|3|18|38|E|name=Scheldt-Sensée|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 27 km
elevation = 111 m
watershed = 725 km²

The Sensée is a river in northern France that crosses the departement of Pas-de-Calais. The source is found at Croisilles and passes through Lécluse. It joins the Canal du Nord at Arleux, which then joins the canalized Escaut at Bouchain. The average descent is 2.42%.

The Sensée has many tributaries: the Cojeul, the Trinquise, the Hirondelle, the Agache and the Naville Tortue.

A 10th century document refers to the river by the name of Sensada. The origins of the name are unknown.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/E1560600.php?cg=E1560600 The Sensée at the Sandre database]

External links

(All French language)
* [http://hydro.rnde.tm.fr/Traitement/Station.php?StaCode=E1566010 Water measuring station on the Sensée]
* [http://hydro.rnde.tm.fr/Traitement/Synthese.php?StaCode=E1566010 débits synthétiques sur la Banque HYDRO ]
* [http://hydro.rnde.tm.fr/Traitement/Qjm.php?StaCode=E1566010&Annee=2004 données débits moyens journaliers Année 2004 ] changer l'année dans la barre d'adresse
* [http://hydro.rnde.tm.fr/Traitement/Entre2Gene.php?StaCode=E1566010&Annee=2005 comparaison 2005 / chronologie antérieure disponible ] changer l'année dans la barre d'adresse
* [http://projetbabel.org/fluvial/rica_sensee-canal.htm Dictionary of rivers and canals of France in Projet Babel]
* [http://www.nord-pas-de-calais.ecologie.gouv.fr/v4/Donnees/azi/index.asp General Information from the flood zones atlas]