Marne La Marne (French) | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Langres Plateau, Haute-Marne |
Mouth | Seine |
- location | Charenton-le-Pont |
- coordinates | 48°48′57″N 2°24′40″E / 48.81583°N 2.41111°E |
Length | 514 km (319 mi) |
Basin size | 12,800 km2 (4,900 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 100 m3/s (3,500 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Seine→ English Channel |
The Marne is a river in France. It is a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. Four departments are named after it: Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne and Val-de-Marne.
The Marne is famous as the place of two battles during the First World War, the first in 1914 and the second in 1918.
The Marne river has a length of 513.9 km (319.3 mi),[1] one of the longest in France, and a drainage basin with an area of 12,660 km2 (4,888 sq mi).[2]
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 108 m3/s (3,800 cu ft/s) at Gournay-sur-Marne in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, for a period of 44 years.[2]
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Gournay-sur-Marne
The source of the Marne river is in the Plateau de Langres, in the commune of Balesmes-sur-Marne, at an altitude of about 420 m (1,378 ft), in the Haute-Marne department.[3] It flows generally to the north then turns to the west between Saint-Dizier and Châlons-en-Champagne.
The Marne river flows through 3 regions, 7 departments and 218 communes. It flows through the following communes, among others:[1]
Finally, it flows into the Seine river between Charenton-le-Pont and Alfortville in the Val-de-Marne department, in the area of Paris.[4]
The main tributaries of the Marne river are:[1]
Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries:
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During the 19th and 20th centuries the Marne inspired many painters: some of them are: