Lemme (Saine)
| Lemme | ||
 Cascade de la Billaude |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : V2030500 | |
| location | France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Saine → Ain → Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | in the municipality of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux 46 ° 34 ′ 25 ″ N , 5 ° 58 ′ 7 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 880 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Syam in the Saine coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 24 ″ N , 5 ° 56 ′ 33 ″ E 46 ° 41 ′ 24 ″ N , 5 ° 56 ′ 33 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 530 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 350 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 21 ‰ | |
| length | 17 km | |
| Left tributaries | Dombief | |
The Lemme is a river in France that runs in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the Haut-Jura Regional Nature Park on the eastern outskirts of Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux , generally drains in a northerly direction and after 17 kilometers flows into the Saine as a left tributary in the municipality of Syam . The railway line from Morbier to Champagnole follows the course of the Lemme valley.
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux
- Les Martins , Lac-des-Rouges-Truites commune
- Pont de la Lemme , municipality of La Chaumusse
- Le Saut , municipality of Fort-du-Plasne
- Morillon , municipality of Entre-deux-Monts
- Pont de la Chaux , municipality of Chaux-des-Crotenay
- La Billaude , municipality of Le Vaudioux
Attractions
- Gorges de la Lemme , gorges below Le Saut
- Cascade de la Billaude , waterfall in the municipality of Le Vaudioux
Web links
Commons : Lemme - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on August 29, 2014, rounded to full kilometers