9-529: Scarpe may refer to: Scarpe river , in France Battle of the Scarpe (disambiguation) , four Battles of the Scarpe were fought during World War I USS Scarpe (SP-713) , a United States Navy ship Scarpe Mountain A scarpe in heraldry, a diminutive of a bend sinister See also [ edit ] Scarp (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
18-488: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Scarpe (river) The Scarpe ( French pronunciation: [skaʁp] ) is a river in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is a is 94 km (58 mi) long left-bank tributary of the river Escaut ( Scheldt ). The source of the river is at Berles-Monchel near Aubigny-en-Artois . It flows through
27-644: The Battle of the Scarpe in the First World War . The valley of the Scarpe has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2020. Ramsar site A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention , also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran , under
36-696: The Upper Scarpe ( Scarpe supérieure , 23 km, 9 locks) from Arras to Courchelettes , the Middle Scarpe through Douai, and the Lower Scarpe ( Scarpe inférieure , 36 km, 6 locks) from Douai to the Escaut. The Middle Scarpe is no longer navigable, bypassed by the high-capacity Canal Dunkerque-Escaut . This river was navigated from the Escaut up to Douai as early as 638, but improvements with flash locks were required to give access to
45-438: The auspices of UNESCO . It came into force on 21 December 1975, when it was ratified by a sufficient number of nations. It provides for national action and international cooperation regarding the conservation of wetlands, and wise sustainable use of their resources. Ramsar identifies wetlands of international importance, especially those providing waterfowl habitat . As of October 2024 , there are 2,521 Ramsar sites around
54-559: The important town of Arras, reached in 1613. This remained a shallow navigation, with locks of varying width and length, until it was improved to the Becquey gauge in the 1840s. The enlargement to Freycinet gauge was completed by about 1890. Today the Lower Scarpe is closed from the Douai junction to Saint-Amand-les-Eaux pending dredging and identification of a new owner and operator. The river and its valley were important battlegrounds in
63-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Scarpe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarpe&oldid=1232255051 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
72-544: The towns of Arras , Douai and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux . The river ends at Mortagne-du-Nord , where it flows into the Scheldt. Scarpe Mountain in Alberta , Canada , was named after the river. The navigable waterway and its coal barges also feature in the novels by 19th century author Émile Zola . The river was made navigable by 15 weirs and locks over about two thirds of its length (67 km (42 mi)), divided into
81-545: The world, protecting 257,317,367 hectares (635,845,060 acres), and 172 national governments are participating. The non-profit organisation Wetlands International provides access to the Ramsar database via the Ramsar Sites Information Service. A wetland can be considered internationally important if any of the following nine criteria apply: The Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type
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