Yonne River

Yonne River

Infobox River | river_name = Yonne


caption = The Yonne in Auxerre.
origin = Morvan
mouth = Seine
coord|48|23|15|N|2|57|30|E|name=Seine-Yonne|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 292 km
elevation = 730 m
discharge = 95 m³/s
watershed = 10,887 km²The Yonne is a river in France, left tributary of the Seine. It is 292 km long. The river gives its name to the Yonne "département". Its source is in the Nièvre département, in the Morvan hills near Château-Chinon. It flows into the river Seine in Montereau-Fault-Yonne.

The Yonne flows through the following départements and towns:
*Nièvre: Château-Chinon, Clamecy
*Yonne: Auxerre, Migennes, Joigny, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Sens
*Seine-et-Marne: Montereau-Fault-Yonne

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/F3--0200.php?cg=F3--0200 The Yonne at the Sandre database]

ee also

* Rivers of France


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