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Elle (river)

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Elle
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Physical characteristics
MouthVire, Neuilly-la-Forêt
Length31.8 km (19.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionVireEnglish Channel

The Elle is a 31.8 km long river in Normandy, a right bank affluent of the Vire.

Topography

It crops north of Rouxeville. It joins la Vire (river) at Neuilly-la-Forêt in the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin between Bessin and Pays saint-lois.

Elle at Neuilly-la-Forêt

Tributaries

Vallée de l'Elle à Cerisy-la-Forêt

L'Elle has several affluents ~ among them:

  • one main affluent : the Rieu (12.2 km) which joins right bank at Lison. The Rieu collects the waters of the north-eastern part of the basin, located between those of l'Aure (north) and the Vire (east) and a few of its tributaries to the south and the east.
  • le ruisseau de Branche (6.7 km) joins the Elle left bank at Saint-Jean-de-Savigny.

Communes

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