Ognon

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Ognon
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Data
Water code FR :  U10-0400
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system Rhône
Drain over Saône  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the Vosges , southeast of the Col des Croix
47 ° 50 ′ 58 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 24 ″  E
Source height approx.  910  m
muzzle opposite Heuilley-sur-Saône in the Saône Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 44 ″  N , 5 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  E 47 ° 19 ′ 44 ″  N , 5 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  190  m
Height difference approx. 720 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.4 ‰
length 214 km
Catchment area 2308 km²
Discharge at the Pesmes
A Eo gauge : 1970 km² 		MQ 1964 - 2007
Mq 1964 - 2007
 		34 m³ / s
17.3 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Rahin , Scey
Right tributaries Lauzin , Linotte , Tounolle
Flowing lakes Etang Potou , Etang de la Plaine
Small towns Lure
The Ognon near Lure

The Ognon near Lure

The Ognon is a river in eastern France that runs mainly in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the Vosges , southeast of the Col des Croix . Its source is located in the municipality of Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert at an altitude of 910 meters and is in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park . He generally drained southwest flows in many meanders through a water-rich valley and flows after 214 kilometers across from Heuilley-sur-Saône as a left tributary to the up there nearly equal length Saône .

Crossed departments

The river rises in the Haute-Saône department, forms the border with the neighboring Doubs and Jura departments over long stretches and changes in its mouth section to the Côte-d'Or department, where it reaches the Saône.

Places on the river

Attractions

  • Saut de l'Ognon artificial waterfall near the town of Servance with a 9-meter drop; When the water flow is abundant, the short barrier wall, which was built in place of the earlier, narrowly indented cataracts in the area of ​​a valley sill formed by cold-age glaciers, is barely noticeable .
  • River landscapes of the Ognon

  • Waterfall (artificial) of the Ognon near Servance

  • The upper Ognon at Lure

  • The lower Ognon at Pesmes

See also

Web links

Commons : Ognon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ognon at SANDRE (French), accessed on March 14, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ station U1084010 Pesmes , Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement Durable et de l'Energie, accessed on 20 March 2019
  4. ↑ IGN -Géoportail: Tool 'Mésures - Profile altimétrique'