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Synonyms for sélune or Related words with sélune
baïse
mahury
grosne
lergue
malbaie
ouanne
ouvèze
arconce
thouet
saâne
chassezac
andelle
benaize
métabetchouane
seulles
mardaric
lunain
buëch
chée
petite_creuse
ével
gartempe
epte
èvre
bonnieure
tavignano
solnan
bouble
agout
verzée
côney
sèvre_nantaise
dourbie
tardoire
miguick
voueize
rieutord
momance
oreuse
laguépie
yères
sèvre_niortaise
ternoise
huisne
seille
sédelle
vologne
risle
oudon
canche
Examples of "sélune"
Mortain is situated on a rocky hill rising above the gorge of the Cance, a tributary of the
Sélune
.
Scientific studies have been carried out at the River Dee in the United Kingdom, the Garonne and
Sélune
rivers in France, and the Daly River in Australia. The force of the tidal bore flow often poses a challenge to scientific measurements, as evidenced by a number of field work incidents in the River Dee, Rio Mearim, Daly River, and
Sélune
River.
The
Sélune
is a 91 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 Sée is an 78 km long river in the Manche department, Normandy, France, beginning near Sourdeval. It empties into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel (part of the English Channel) in Avranches, close to the mouth of the
Sélune
river. Another town along the Sée is Brécey.
Three small rivers end in the bay (and cross it at low tide): the Couesnon, now blocked to the west of Mont Saint-Michel by a causeway, the Sée and the
Sélune
. The very low slope of the bay and the very large tides formed a mascaret in those rivers that can travel upstream for many kilometers.
The island lies just to the south of the course of the
Sélune
river, which has to be forded to access the island from Cotentin. The island is by , and high. It is composed of granite. It is in the commune of Genêts.
The Couesnon, the Sée and the
Sélune
form part of the complex water system of the bay of Mont Saint-Michel. On one side, the tide brings large quantities of sediment which cause large sandbars within the river. On the other, the three watercourses drive the sediment back out to sea.
Ducey is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Ducey-les-Chéris. It is noted for its old bridge dating from 1613, which allowed pilgrims to cross the
Sélune
on the way to Mont Saint-Michel.
Retribution continued for several days, with people suspected of having joined the Vendéens imprisoned or killed. A number of bodies were later recovered of people who had drowned in the
Sélune
River while trying to escape. Others were simply shot by the "Carpentier Commission".
Three larger rivers end in the bay: the
Sélune
, the Sée and mainly the Couesnon that, accordingly to some local folk stories, was originally the boundary between Normandy and Brittany but then moved to the West of the Mont placing it in Normandy. In reality the boundary is not at the river location but further to the west, at the foot of Mont Saint-Broladre.
With a series of conquests, the territory of Normandy gradually expanded: Hiémois and Bessin were taken in 924, the Cotentin and a part of Avranchin followed in 933. That year, King Raoul of France was forced to give Cotentin and a part of Avranchin to William I of Normandy, essentially all lands north of the
Sélune
River which the Breton dukes had theoretically controlled for about the previous 70 years. Between 1009 and 1020, the Normans continued their westward expansion, taking all the land between the
Sélune
and Couesnon rivers, including Mont Saint-Michel, and completing the conquest of Avranchin. William the Conqueror completed these campaigns in 1050 by taking Passais. Logically, the Norman rulers (first counts of Rouen and then dukes of Normandy) tried to bring about the political unification of the two different Viking settlements of pays de Caux-lower Seine in the east and Cotentin in the west. Furthermore, Rollo re-established the archbishopric of Rouen and wanted to restore the traditional limits of his archbishopric in the west, that had always included Cotentin and Avranchin.
The final actions of Do 217 equipped units over Western Europe was against the allied Invasion of Normandy in June 1944, when the remaining Do 217 equipped bomber units, II/KG 2 and III/KG 100 were thrown into action against the Allied landings. Losses were heavy, with III/KG 100 losing 8 of 13 servicible Do 217s in 10 days of operations. As American forces broke out of the bridgehead at the end of July, III/KG 100 sent its remaining Do 217s to carry out attacks on bridges over the Rivers Sée and
Sélune
with Hs 293 missiles. They managed a single hit on one of the bridges, which remained in use, while seven Dorniers were lost.