Main source Cailly
125 m (410 ft) Basin size 246 km (95 sq mi) Discharge 3 m³/s Country France | Progression Seine→ English Channel Length 29 km Mouth Seine Sources Cailly, Lower Normandy | |
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River mouth The Seine at Rouen
4 m (13 ft) Similar Robec, Lézarde, Nonette, Almont, Musée Industriel | ||
The Cailly is a river in Normandy, France, 29 kilometres (18 mi) in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime.
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Map of Le Cailly, France
GeographyEdit
The Cailly has its source in the territory of the commune of Cailly. Taking a southward journey, it flows through Fontaine-le-Bourg, meeting its principal tributary, the Clérette at Montville. It then flows through Malaunay, Houlme, Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville, Maromme, Déville-lès-Rouen and finally Rouen where it joins the Seine on its right bank.
The average flow of the Cailly at Rouen, where it joins the Seine, is 3 m³ / second. .
HistoryEdit
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the valley was filled with textile mills, which earned it the nickname la petite Manchester, (Little Manchester).
References
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