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Somme

(sum; Fr sō̂m)

river in N France: c. 150 mi (241 km)

See Somme in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A river, about 241 km (150 mi) long, of northern France flowing west and northwest to the English Channel. Tanks were first used in warfare during the devastating Battle of the Somme (1916).

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