Country France Length 50 km Basin area 177 km² | Basin size 177 km (68 sq mi) Discharge 2 m³/s Mouth Gartempe | |
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Main source Saint-Priest-la-Feuille
405 m (1,329 ft) River mouth Gartempe
183 m (600 ft) Progression Gartempe→ Creuse→ Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean Similar Couze Chambon, Cisse, Furan, Voueize, Canal de Berry | ||
The Semme (in French: la Semme) is a 50.3 km (31.3 mi) long river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne départements, in central France. Its source is in Saint-Priest-la-Feuille. It flows generally west and is a right tributary of the Gartempe into which it flows near le Bouchard, a hamlet in the municipality of Droux.
In 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron during the First World War, was shot down near the river while pursuing Wilfrid "Wop" May.
Départements and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
References
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