Epte Explained

Epte
Map:Epte (rivière).png
Mouth Location:Seine
Mouth Coordinates:49.0611°N 1.5283°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:France
Length:112.5km (69.9miles)
Source1 Elevation:190m (620feet)
Discharge1 Avg:9.8m3/s
Basin Size:1403km2

The Epte (in French pronounced as /ɛpt/) is a river in Seine-Maritime and Eure, in Normandy, France. It is a right tributary of the Seine, 112.5km (69.9miles) long. The river rises in Seine-Maritime in the Pays de Bray, near Forges-les-Eaux. The river empties into the Seine not far from Giverny. One of its tributaries is the Aubette de Magny.

In 911 the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte established the river as the historical boundary of Normandy and Île-de-France.

Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years. In his garden, by diverting a branch of the Epte, he established a water garden with its famous water-lily pond and its Japanese-style bridge. The river appears in a number of his works, including Peupliers au bord de l'Epte.