Ourcq
| Ourcq | ||
 The river in Lizy-sur-Ourcq |
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| Water code | FR : F63-0400 | |
| location | France , Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France regions | |
| River system | His | |
| Drain over | Marne → Seine → English Channel | |
| source | in the parish of Courmont, 49 ° 7 ′ 36 ″ N , 3 ° 34 ′ 51 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 188 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Mary-sur-Marne in the Marne Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 51 ″ N , 3 ° 0 ′ 48 ″ E, 49 ° 0 ′ 51 ″ N , 3 ° 0 ′ 48 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 50 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 138 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | 87 km | |
| Catchment area | 1083 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Ordrimouille , Clignon | |
| Right tributaries | Savières , Grivette , Gergogne | |
| Navigable | between Silly-la-Poterie and Mareuil-sur-Ourcq , then in the parallel Canal de l'Ourcq | |
The Ourcq is a river in France that runs through the Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France regions. It rises in the municipality of Courmont , drains in an arc from northwest over west to southwest and flows into the Marne as a right tributary after 87 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Mary-sur- Marne . On its way, the Ourcq crosses the Aisne , Oise and Seine-et-Marne departments .
Together with the Rungis springs, the river supplies the city of Paris with drinking water .
Tributaries
The Ourcq receives the following waters:
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Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries:
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Places on the river
shipping
The Ourcq was partially diverted at the beginning of the 19th century on the initiative of Napoléon I and expanded for shipping. In the section between the village of Silly-la-Poterie and Mareuil-sur-Ourcq , the river was canalized over a length of 11 kilometers and set up for freight traffic with the help of three locks . In the section between Mareuil-sur-Ourcq and Lizy-sur-Ourcq , the Canal de l'Ourcq was built parallel to the river as a side canal , which leaves the Ourcq valley at Lizy-sur-Ourcq and continues into the urban area of Paris .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
- ↑ estuary geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ourcq at SANDRE (French), accessed on October 27, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.