Yron

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Yron
Data
Water code FR :  A81-0200
location France
River system Rhine
Drain over Orne  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the municipality of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel
48 ° 58 ′ 42 ″  N , 5 ° 40 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  332  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Jarny and Conflans-en-Jarnisy in the Orne coordinates: 49 ° 10 '2 "  N , 5 ° 51' 44"  E, 49 ° 10 '2 "  N , 5 ° 51' 44"  E
Mouth height approx.  189  m
Height difference approx. 143 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.8 ‰
length 37.4 km
Catchment area 377.3 km²
Drain
at the mouth 		MQ
 3.68 m³ / s
Left tributaries Longeau
Small towns Jarny

The Yron is a river in France that runs in the Grand Est region .

geography

course

The Yron rises in the Lorraine Regional Nature Park , in the municipality of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel , generally drains in a north-easterly direction through a landscape rich in lakes and flows into the Orne after 37 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Jarny and Conflans-en-Jarnisy as a right tributary . On its way, the Yron crosses the Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle departments .

Tributaries

  • Ruisseau de l'Etang de Petit Etang ( left )
  • Ruisseau de l'Etang de Chiterne ( right )
  • Ruisseau de l'Etang de Belian ( left ), 1.5 miles
  • Ruisseau d'Hattonville ( Ruisseau de Moulin ) ( left ), 7.1 miles
  • Ruisseau des Parrois ( left ), 13.9 km
  • Ruisseau de Xonville ( right )
  • Ruisseau du Fond de Chaumont ( right ), 5.2 km
  • Ruisseau de Geruville ( left )
  • Longeau ( left ), 37.5 km

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

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 Yron at SANDRE (French), accessed on September 21, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.
  4. ↑ a b Débits caractéristiques de l'Yron (French)

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