Loue

Infobox River | river_name = Loue

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caption = The source of the Loue, showing karst formations.
origin = Jura mountains
coord|47|0|39|N|6|17|57|E|name=source Loue
mouth = Doubs
coord|47|0|47|N|5|26|55|E|name=Doubs-Loue|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 122 km
elevation = 528 m
discharge = 59 m³/s
watershed = 1,760 km²The Loue is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. Its source is a karstic spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs. This connection with the Doubs was only discovered in 1901 when a spillage from the Pernod factory into the Doubs was transmitted into the Loue [cite book |author=April McMahon |title=Understanding language change |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=p. 133 |year=1994 |id=ISBN 0-521-44665-1] .

The Loue flows through the following départements and towns:

*Doubs: Ornans, Quingey
*Jura: Montbarrey

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/U26-0400.php?cg=U26-0400 The Loue at the Sandre database]