Seille (Saône)

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Seille
Sell
Location of the Seille

Location of the Seille

Data
Water code FR :  U34-0400
location France
River system Rhône
Drain over Saône  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source at Ladoye-sur-Seille
46 ° 45 ′ 53 ″  N , 5 ° 41 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height approx.  380  m
muzzle at La Truchère in the Saône Coordinates: 46 ° 31 ′ 11 "  N , 4 ° 56 ′ 27"  E 46 ° 31 ′ 11 "  N , 4 ° 56 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height approx.  170  m
Height difference approx. 210 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.1 ‰
length 100 km
Catchment area 2620 km²
Drain at the Louhans gauge MQ
 30.8 m³ / s
Left tributaries Serein , Teuil , Solnan , Sane-Vive
Right tributaries Burn , Serrée
The Seille at Nevy-sur-Seille

The Seille at Nevy-sur-Seille

The Seille (German: Sell ) is a 100 km long river in France in the region Bourgogne Franche-Comté in the department of Jura and Saône-et-Loire .

geography

course

The Seille has its source in the Jura near Ladoye-sur-Seille . At Nevy-sur-Seille it flows together with a source stream of the same name, which has its source at Baume-les-Messieurs and is therefore also called Seille de Baume .

It flows through the French landscape of Bresse . South of Tournus , it flows into the Saône from the left at La Truchère .

Tributaries

  • Ruisseau de Joisse (left)
  • Seille de Baume (left)
    • Dard (left)
    • Longe Bief (left)
  • Ruisseau de la Chambon (right)
  • Ruisseau de Vau (right)
  • Semerewl (right)
  • Serein (left)
  • Rondaine (right)
  • Vogne (right)
  • Seillette (left)
  • Teuil (left)
  • Burn (right)
  • Boissine (left)
  • Ruisseau de Bunay (left)
  • Servonne (right)
  • Solnan (left)
  • Serrée (right)
  • Ruisseau de Moulin du Roi (right)
  • Ruisseau des Collonges (left)
  • Sane-Vive (left)
  • Ruisseau du Bief de Jougne (left)
  • Biez de la Culod (right)
  • Biez des Bourdons (left)
  • Biez de Benod (right)

Places on the river

shipping

At the beginning of the 19th century, the 39 km from Louhans to the Saône were made navigable. In addition to grain, mainly wooden barrels were transported for the winemakers on the Saône and Rhone . Today the river is only used for sports and houseboat tourism .

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Seille at SANDRE (French), accessed on May 29, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ Regesten and Register for Acta Helvetica Gallica, Germanica 1984, Vol. 41