River Somme

The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern . The river is 245 km in length, from its source in the high ground of the former Arrouaise Forest at Fonsomme near , to the Bay of the Somme, in the .
  • Stream
  • Description: river in Picardy, France
  • Also known as
    “la Somme Rivière”
    “Somme”
    “Somme River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gare de Saint-Valery-Port and Gare de Saint-Valery-Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Crotoy and Le Hourdel.
is a commune in the department in in northern . is situated 4 km northwest of River Somme.
is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km northwest of River Somme.
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Latitude
50.18333° or 50° 11′ north
Longitude
1.65° or 1° 39′ east
Open location code
9F235MM2+82
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“River Somme” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر السوم”
  • Arabic: “نهر سوم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Somma çayı”
  • Basque: “Somme ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Рака Сома”
  • Belarusian: “Сома”
  • Breton: “Somme”
  • Bulgarian: “Сома”
  • Catalan: “Riu Somme”
  • Catalan: “Somme”
  • Cebuano: “Somme”
  • Chechen: “Сомма (эрк)”
  • Chechen: “Сомма”
  • Chinese: “索姆河”
  • Croatian: “Soma”
  • Croatian: “Somme”
  • Czech: “Somma”
  • Danish: “Somme”
  • Dutch: “Somme (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Somme”
  • Dutch: “Zomme”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر السوم”
  • Esperanto: “Somme”
  • Estonian: “Somme’i jõgi”
  • Estonian: “Somme”
  • Finnish: “Somme”
  • French: “Somme”
  • Galician: “Río Somme”
  • German: “Somme”
  • Greek: “Σομ”
  • Hebrew: “נהר הסום”
  • Hebrew: “סום”
  • Hungarian: “Somme”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Somme”
  • Irish: “An Somme”
  • Irish: “Somme”
  • Italian: “Somme”
  • Japanese: “ソンム川”
  • Korean: “솜 강”
  • Latin: “Samara flumen”
  • Latin: “Samara”
  • Latin: “Somena”
  • Latvian: “Somma”
  • Lithuanian: “Soma”
  • Luxembourgish: “Somme”
  • Macedonian: “Сома”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Somme”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Somme”
  • Norwegian: “Somme”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Somme”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sunna”
  • Ossetian: “Соммæ (цæугæдон)”
  • Ossetian: “Соммæ”
  • Persian: “رودخانه سم”
  • Picard: “Sonme”
  • Polish: “Somma”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Somme”
  • Romanian: “Râul Somme”
  • Russian: “Сомма”
  • Serbian: “La Somme”
  • Serbian: “Река Сома”
  • Serbian: “Сом”
  • Serbian: “Сома”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “La Somme”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Soma”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Somme”
  • Slovak: “Somma”
  • Slovenian: “Soma”
  • Spanish: “Río Somme”
  • Spanish: “Somme”
  • Swedish: “Somme”
  • Swiss German: “Somme”
  • Ukrainian: “Сомма”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Somme”
  • Vlaams: “Somme (riviere)”
  • Vlaams: “Somme”
  • Welsh: “Afon Somme”
  • Western Frisian: “Somme”
  • Wu Chinese: “索姆河”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as La Ferté and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.

Hauts-de-France: Highlights

Learn more about Lille and Dunkirk.
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