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Commerce River

Commerce
Moulin vallot de Bolbec.JPG
The Bolbec at Vallot mill.
Country France
Physical characteristics
Main source Pays de Caux
140 m (460 ft)
River mouth Seine
49°28′52″N 0°31′30″E / 49.48111°N 0.52500°E / 49.48111; 0.52500Coordinates: 49°28′52″N 0°31′30″E / 49.48111°N 0.52500°E / 49.48111; 0.52500
Length 15.5 km (9.6 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    0.240 m3/s (8.5 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression SeineEnglish Channel
Basin size 160 km2 (62 sq mi)

The river Bolbec or Commerce is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Pays de Caux in the Seine-Maritime département of Normandy into the Seine.
The river rises at Bolbec and passes Gruchet-le-Valasse, where its name changes to the Commerce. It then passes through Lillebonne and joins the Seine at Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon.

The river hosted many watermills that powered machinery to process both cotton and flax. The area became so prosperous it was named the Golden Valley.




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