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Somme (river)

Also known as River Somme

The Somme is a river of northern France, flowing about 245 km west through Picardy past Saint-Quentin, Amiens and Abbeville to the English Channel. Known in antiquity as the Samara, it gave its name to the Gallic town of Samarobriva, later Amiens. Its valley was the scene of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and of heavy fighting in 1918.

Somme (river)
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Somme (river). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/somme-river
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