Orne River (Lorraine)

Orne River (Lorraine)

Infobox River | river_name = Orne


caption =
origin = Lorraine
mouth = Moselle
coord|49|17|15|N|6|10|55|E|name=Moselle-Orne|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 86 km
elevation = 320 m
discharge = 12 m³/s
watershed = 1,268 km²
The Orne is a river in Lorraine, north-eastern France, west tributary of the Moselle. Its source is in the hills northeast of Verdun. It flows east and joins the Moselle near Mondelange, between Metz and Thionville.

The Orne flows through the following departments and towns:

*Meuse: Étain
*Meurthe-et-Moselle: Jarny, Homécourt
*Moselle: Rombas, Richemont

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/A8--0100.php?cg=A8--0100 The Orne at the Sandre database]


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