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Ancre

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Ancre (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃kʁ], Picard: Inke) is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is 37.4 km (23.2 mi) long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme. For a short stretch near Puisieux, it forms the border with Pas-de-Calais.

Flows through: France.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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