Ancre
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Origin | Miraumont |
Mouth | Somme River |
Basin countries | France |
Length | 38 km |
Avg. discharge | 2.1 m³/s |
Basin area | 327 km² |
The Ancre is a river of Picardie, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme River at Corbie. It crosses no other departement than the Somme.
[edit] See also
- Battle of the Ancre Heights (October 1916)
- Battle of the Ancre (November 1916)