Orne River, Lorraine
| Orne | |
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The Orne flooding at Rombas
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| Country | France |
| Basin features | |
| Main source |
Lorraine 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| River mouth |
Moselle 49°17′15″N 6°10′55″E / 49.28750°N 6.18194°ECoordinates: 49°17′15″N 6°10′55″E / 49.28750°N 6.18194°E |
| Basin size | 1,268 km2 (490 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 85.8 km (53.3 mi) |
| Discharge |
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The Orne is a river in Lorraine, north-eastern France, which is a left tributary of the Moselle and sub-tributary of the Rhine. Its source is in the hills northeast of Verdun. It flows east and joins the Moselle near Mondelange, between Metz and Thionville.
"Orne" may originate from autura (a river, cf. Eure), or onna (a river) as mentioned in Endlicher's glossary of Gallic names De nominibus Gallicis, in which these words are translated into Latin as flumen.
If so, then there is no relationship with the name of the Orne river in Normandy, which is referred to as the Olina by Ptolemy, a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orne saosnoise in Sarthe, which Xavier Delamarre traces back to the Celtic olīnā (elbow).
The Orne is 85.8 kilometres (53.3 mi) long. It rises at an elevation of 320 metres (1,050 ft) in the Côtes de Meuse, in the commune of Ornes. It flows through Étain, Conflans-en-Jarnisy, Auboué, Homécourt, Jœuf, Moyeuvre-Grande, Rosselange, Rombas, Clouange, Vitry-sur-Orne, Gandrange and Richemont, where it joins the Moselle at an elevation of 155 metres (509 ft).
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