Chée

Chée
Origin	Les Hauts-de-Chée 48°52′43″N 05°12′56″E / 48.87861°N 5.21556°E / 48.87861; 5.21556
Mouth	Saulx 48°45′08″N 04°38′47″E / 48.75222°N 4.64639°E / 48.75222; 4.64639Coordinates: 48°45′08″N 04°38′47″E / 48.75222°N 4.64639°E / 48.75222; 4.64639
Basin countries	France
Length	64.7 km (40.2 mi)
Source elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Mouth elevation	95 m (312 ft)
Avg. discharge	4 m3/s (140 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	400 km2 (150 sq mi)

The Chée (French: la Chée) is a 64.7 km (40.2 mi) long river in the Meuse and Marne départements, northeastern France. Its source is in the Barrois, near Marat-la-Grande, a hamlet in Les Hauts-de-Chée. It flows generally southwest. It is a right tributary of the Saulx into which it flows at Vitry-en-Perthois, near Vitry-le-François.

Its main tributary is the Vière.

Départements and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Meuse: Les Hauts-de-Chée, Rembercourt-Sommaisne, Louppy-le-Château, Villotte-devant-Louppy, Laheycourt, Noyers-Auzécourt, Nettancourt, Brabant-le-Roi, Revigny-sur-Ornain
• Marne: Vroil, Bettancourt-la-Longue, Alliancelles, Heiltz-le-Maurupt, Jussecourt-Minecourt, Heiltz-l'Évêque, Outrepont, Changy, Merlaut, Vitry-en-Perthois

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 20 April 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Chée at the Sandre database