Thure (Sambre)

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Thure
Tûre
The river in Solre-sur-Sambre

The river in Solre-sur-Sambre

Data
Water code FR :  D0220600
location Belgium , Walloon Region and France , Hauts-de-France Region
River system Rhine
Drain over Sambre  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source near Sautin , municipality of Sivry-Rance , Belgium
50 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  N , 4 ° 13 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height approx.  253  m OP
muzzle at Solre-sur-Sambre , municipality of Erquelinnes , Belgium, in the canalized Sambre coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 40 ″  N , 4 ° 9 ′ 2 ″  E 50 ° 18 ′ 40 ″  N , 4 ° 9 ′ 2 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  120  m OR
Height difference approx. 133 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.3 ‰
length approx. 25 km

The Thure (also: Tûre ) is a river that runs in the border area of Belgium and France , in the Belgian region of Wallonia and the French region of Hauts-de-France . It rises near the village of Sautin , in the area of ​​the Belgian municipality of Sivry-Rance , initially drains in a westerly direction, then swings to the northwest at Sivry-Rance and reaches French territory and the Avesnois Regional Nature Park for the first time in Hestrud . From here the Thure runs in a northerly direction, passes the town of Cousolre , shortly afterwards crosses Belgian national territory again for about 1.5 km at Bersillies-l'Abbaye , municipality of Erquelinnes , and forms the national border between Belgium and France for another kilometer then finally changes to Belgium, where after a total of about 25 kilometers it flows into the canalized Sambre as a right tributary near Solre-sur-Sambre , municipality of Erquelinnes . On its way, the Thure crosses the Belgian province of Hainaut and the French department of North .

Places on the river

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Thure from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 8, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.