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Epte

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Country
  
France

Progression
  
Seine→ English Channel

Length
  
112 km

Source elevation
  
190 m

Mouth
  
Seine

River mouth
  
Seine

Basin size
  
1,403 km (542 sq mi)

Discharge
  
9.8 m³/s

Source
  
Normandy

Epte farm3staticflickrcom257639691529817cc201bd67jpg

Main source
  
Normandy 190 m (620 ft)

Art reproduction monet a bend in the river epte near giverny hand painted oil painting


The Epte is a river in Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy, France. It is a right tributary of the Seine, 112.5 km (69.9 mi) long. The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays de Bray, near Forges-les-Eaux. The river empties into the Seine not far from Giverny. One of its tributaries is the Aubette de Magny.

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In 911 the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte established the river as the historical boundary of Normandy and Île-de-France.

Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years. In his garden, by diverting a branch of the Epte, he established a water garden with its famous water-lily pond and its Japanese-style bridge. The river appears in a number of his works, including Peupliers au bord de l'Epte.

Monet poplars on the river epte 1891


References

Epte Wikipedia