Orne (Moselle)
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Course of the Orne |
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Water code | FR : A8-0100 | |
location | France | |
River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | in the parish of Ornes, 49 ° 15 ′ 17 ″ N , 5 ° 26 ′ 55 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 278 m | |
muzzle | in the municipality of Richemont in the Moselle Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 16 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 55 ″ E 49 ° 17 ′ 16 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 55 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 155 m | |
Height difference | approx. 123 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 1.4 ‰ | |
length | 86 km | |
Catchment area | 1,268.2 km² | |
Drain at the mouth |
MQ |
12.4 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Rawe , Woigot , Conroy | |
Right tributaries | Eix , Yron | |
Small towns | Homécourt , Jœuf , Moyeuvre-Grande , Rombas | |
The Orne is a river in France that runs in the Grand Est region .
geography
course
The Orne rises in the municipality of Ornes , generally drains in an easterly direction and flows after 86 kilometers in the municipality of Richemont as a left tributary into the Moselle . On its way it crosses the departments of Meuse , Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Ornes
- Etain
- Conflans-en-Jarnisy
- Labry
- Moineville
- Home decor
- Jœuf
- Moyeuvre-Grande
- Rosselange
- Rombas
- Clouange
- Vitry-sur-Orne
- Gandrange
- Richemont
Web links
Commons : Orne - collection of images, videos and audio files
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 Orne from SANDRE (French), accessed on September 20, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ a b Débits caractéristiques de l'Orne (PDF; 28 kB)