Ourcq

The river in Lizy -sur- Ourcq

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The Ourcq is a river in France, which runs into the regions of Picardy and Ile- de -France. It rises in the municipality of Courmont, dehydrated in an arc from northwest to west to southwest and flows after 87 kilometers of the municipal boundary of Lizy -sur- Ourcq and Mary- sur -Marne as a right tributary of the Marne. On his way to the Ourcq crosses the departments of Aisne, Oise and Seine- et- Marne.

The river supplies - together with the sources of Rungis - the city of Paris with drinking water.

Inflows

The Ourcq takes on the following waters:

Left inflows:

• Ru du Paradis
• Ruisseau de Favières
• Ru d' Oie
• Ru de la Sablonnière
• Ru Saint -Georges
• Ordrimouille
• Ru Garnier
• Wadoń
• Ru du Gril
• Ru d' Allan
• Clignon
• Ru de la Croix Hélène
• Ru de Chaton
• Ru de Méranne

Rights inflows:

• Ruisseau du Moulin
• Ru de coupe
• Ru du Pont Brûlé
• Ru de la Pelle
• Ru Vacher
• Ru de Chaudailly
• Ru de Pudeval
• Savières
• Ru d' Autheuil
• Grivette
• Gergogne

Places on the river

• Courmont
• Fere -en- Tardenois
• La Ferté -Milon
• Marolles
• Mareuil -sur- Ourcq
• Crouy- sur- Ourcq
• Lizy -sur- Ourcq

Shipping

The Ourcq, on the initiative of Napoleon I redirected the beginning of the 19th century, partly and removed for shipping. In the section between the village of Silly- la -Poterie and Mareuil -sur- Ourcq, the river was channeled to a length of 11 kilometers and set up with the help of three locks for freight traffic. In the section between Mareuil -sur Ourcq and Lizy -sur- Ourcq was built parallel to the river as a side channel of the Canal de l' Ourcq, of the valley of the Ourcq leaves at Lizy -sur- Ourcq and continues to in the urban area of ​​Paris.

Comments

• Marne River system
• River in Europe
• River in Picardy
• River in the Ile- de -France