Chiers
Chiers grain |
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Course of the Chiers ( interactive map ) |
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Water code | FR : B4-0100 | |
location |
Luxembourg
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River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Meuse → Hollands Diep → North Sea | |
River basin district | Meuse | |
source | near Obercorn , municipality of Differdange , Luxembourg 49 ° 30 ′ 11 ″ N , 5 ° 53 ′ 49 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 380 m | |
muzzle | in France on the municipal boundary of Bazeilles and Remilly-Aillicourt in the Meuse Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 31 ″ N , 4 ° 59 ′ 40 ″ E 49 ° 39 ′ 31 ″ N , 4 ° 59 ′ 40 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 155 m | |
Height difference | approx. 225 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 1.6 ‰ | |
length | approx. 140 km | |
Catchment area | 2222 km² | |
Outflow A Eo : 2222 km² at the mouth |
MQ Mq |
30.7 m³ / s 13.8 l / (s km²) |
Left tributaries | Moulaine , Crusnes , Othain , Loison | |
Right tributaries | Ton , Thonne | |
Navigable | 10 km navigable from the Canal de la Meuse from | |
Chiers in Charency-Vezin , France |
The Chiers ( Latterburgisch: Kuer , German: Korn ) is a river that has its source in Luxembourg , briefly touches Belgium , mostly runs through France and after about 140 kilometers flows into the Meuse as a right tributary south of Sedan . It is the only river in Luxembourg that does not belong to the catchment area of the Moselle .
geography
course
The Chiers rises under the name Korn near Oberkorn in the municipality of Differdingen (last castle: Déifferdeng, French: Differdange), then runs over Niederkorn to the west, after about 14 kilometers it leaves Luxembourg and first reaches at Athus , municipality of Aubange , Belgian territory. Then it flows first as a Luxembourg-Belgian and then as a Luxembourg-French border river to France. Here she reaches the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and crosses the conurbation of Longwy as Chiers . Then it forms a deeply incised valley below Longuyon that is sometimes very winding. At Torgny (municipality of Rouvroy ) it reaches the Meuse department and forms its border with Belgium for about three kilometers. A few kilometers west of it, it winds around Montmédy . Halfway between this city and the Maas valley, it turns north and flows, initially separated from it by a ridge, for about 20 kilometers parallel to it. In doing so, it reaches the Ardennes department at Margut . After passing the town of Carignan , it flows into the Meuse at the municipal boundary of Bazeilles and Remilly-Aillicourt , shortly before it reaches Sedan .
Tributaries
- Rouerbaach ( right ), 3.7 km
- Mierbaach ( right ), 4.6 km
- Wessegbaach (right), 2.3 km
- Maragole ( left ), 1.6 km
- Rau de Messancy ( Miezegerbaach , Kleine Korn ) ( right ), 20.0 km, 63.0 km², 0.75 m³ / s
- Ruisseau le Brüll ( right ), 9.0 km, 13.5 km²
- Ruisseau la Moulaine ( left ), 12.2 km, 49.8 km², 0.84 m³ / s
- Ruisseau des Neuf Fontaińes (left), 3.9 km
- Rau de la Fontaińe ( left ), 0.5 miles
- Ruisseau de Ugny ( left ), 3.3 miles
- La Crusnes ( left ), 32.1 km, 265.6 km², 3.21 m³ / s
- Ruisseau du Bois de Parlay ( left ), 4.2 km
- Ruisseau le Dorlon ( right ), 6.9 km, 25.1 km², 0.35 m³ / s
- Ruisseau l'Urbule ( Ruisseau d'Épiez ) ( right ), 1.2 miles
- Le Thon ( right ), 31.7 km, 318.0 km², 5.05 m³ / s
- Ruisseau de la Neau ( right ), 4.2 km
- Ruisseau de Fresnois ( right ), 0.9 miles
- L'Othain ( left ), 66.9 km, 256.6 km², 2.76 m³ / s
- Ruisseau le Chabot ( left ), 5.5 miles
- Ruisseau des Onze Fontaines ( left ), 2.5 km
- Ruisseau la Thonne ( right ), 11.4 km, 55.2 km², 0.83 m³ / s
- Le Loison ( left ), 52.8 km, 356.9 km², 3.98 m³ / s
- Ruisseau de la Charponterie ( left ), 2.2 km
- Ruisseau du Bouillon ( right ), 3.5 km
- Rau de la Ronge ( right ), 0.6 km
- Ravin de Tanree ( right ). 1.3 km
- Ruisseau de Baalon ( left ), 6.2 km
- Ruisseau de Bievre ( right ), 6.5 km
- Ruisseau du Moulin ( left ), 1.6 km
- Ruisseau du Pre Vérat ( left ), 2.2 km
- Ruisseau la Marche ( right ), 15.9 km, 154.0 km², 2.29 m³ / s
- Ruisseau le Fosse des Dors ( left ), 2.3 km
- Ruisseau du Woyen ( right ), 1.0 km
- Ruisseau de Prele ( left ), 6.2 km
- Ruisseau du Fond de Naive ( right ), 4.6 km
- Ruisseau de l'Aulnois ( right ), 18.0 km, 101.8 km², 2.10 m³ / s
- Ruisseau de Nonne ( left ), 4.5 miles
- Ruisseau de Lombut ( left ), 4.2 km
- Ruisseau de Vaudime ( left ), 2.2 miles
- Ruisseau du Moulin de Sauzelle ( right ), 5.1 km
- Ruisseau de Pouru ( right ), 6.1 miles
- Ru de Londre ( left ), 1.5 miles
- Ruisseau de Magne ( right ), 11.4 km, 23.9 km², 0.54 m³ / s
- Ruisseau de Boulacourt ( right ), 1.8 miles
- Ruisseau le Rule ( right ), 7.3 miles
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
Luxembourg:
Belgium:
- Athus , municipality of Aubange
France, Meurthe-et-Moselle department:
- Mont-Saint-Martin
- Longlaville
- Herserange
- Longwy
- Réhon
- Lexy
- Cons-la-Grandville
- Montigny-sur-Chiers
- Viviers-sur-Chiers
- Longuyon
France, Meuse department:
France, Ardennes department:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Chiers from SANDRE (French), accessed on December 8, 2013. The 127 kilometers mentioned here only include the distance covered on French territory and must be supplemented by about 14 kilometers, the the river runs through Luxembourg.
- ↑ a b Débits caractéristiques de la Chiers (French; PDF; 22 kB)