Sélune
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The Sélune () is an 85 km long river in the Manche department, Normandy, France, beginning near Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul. It empties into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel (part of the English Channel) near Avranches, close to the mouth of the Sée river. Other towns along the Sélune are Barenton, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët and Ducey.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sélune is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to France, geographic coordinate system and English Channel.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Coastal basins of the English Channel in France, Rivers of France and Rivers of Manche.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Sélune
- River.image
- Sélune à Ducey.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Selune at Ducey
- River.map
- Sélune.png
- River.source1_location
- Normandy
- River.mouth_location
- English Channel
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
- River.discharge1_avg
- 11 m3/s
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Wikidata facts
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- tributary
- Cance
- Commons category
- Sélune
- mouth of the watercourse
- English Channel
- watershed area
- 1038
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Sélune () is an 85 km long river in the Manche department, Normandy, France, beginning near Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul. It empties into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel (part of the English Channel) near Avranches, close to the mouth of the Sée river. Other towns along the Sélune are Barenton, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët and Ducey.
The Sélune river previously had 2 hydroelectric dams, the Vezine dams, installed from 1914 until 2023 when their dismantling was complete. The river has been subsquently re-establishing itself and some trout were rapidly found upstream from the dismantled dams.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sélune” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations