Drôme | |
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Vidouville and
La Vacquerie | |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Saint-Martin-des-Besaces |
• coordinates | 49°00′32″N 0°54′02″W / 49.0089°N 0.9006°W |
• elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Aure |
• coordinates | 49°19′15″N 0°45′01″W / 49.3209°N 0.7502°W |
• elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Length | 57.9 km (36.0 mi) |
Basin size | 245 km2 (95 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 2.33 m3/s (82 cu ft/s) ( Sully) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Aure→ Vire→ English Channel |
The Drôme is a 57.9 km long river in Normandy. [1] Its source is on the border of the Manche and Calvados departments, at le Grand Cauville locality, near Saint-Martin-des-Besaces [2] and joins the Aure, left bank at Maisons, downstream of Bayeux in the Bessin region. It is a sub-affluent of the Vire.
The watershed of the Drôme neighbours those of the Vire, Aure (east), Tortonne (NW) and Seulles (SE).
It is a narrow, northward basin. The longest of its affluents is the ruisseau du Vey (7.3 km), [1] which it joins at Cormolain.