Orne (Moselle)

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Orne
Course of the Orne

Course of the Orne

Data
Water code FRA8-0100
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
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
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 river between Clouange and Rombas

The river between Clouange and 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)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. 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.
  4. a b Débits caractéristiques de l'Orne (PDF; 28 kB)

See also

List of tributaries of the Moselle