Ourthe

Location of the Ourthe in Belgium

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The Ourthe ( dt: also Urt ) is a river in the eastern part of the Belgian Ardennes. It arises in the province of Luxembourg from two source rivers, which join at the border of the municipalities of La Roche -en- Ardenne and Houffalize:

The 53 km long Ourthe Occidentale ( Western Ourthe ) arises from well 510 m above sea level near the village of Ourt in the community Libramont (49 ° 54 ' 57.4 " N, 5 ° 25' 42.41 " O49.9159455.428448 ) and then flows through the municipalities of Sainte -Ode and Tenneville. The 46- km long Ourthe Orientale (Eastern Ourthe ) rises 510 meters above the sea in the Wolfskaul between Ourthe, Deiffelt and Beho, (50 ° 11 ' 43.51 "N, 6 ° 0' 40.76 " O50.1954196.011324 ) the three traditional German villages in the municipality of Gouvy. Except by Gouvy it flows through the town of Houffalize and their nucleus.

The association is located since 1958 in the reservoir of the barage de Nisramont, water level about 275 m above sea level. From the Ourthe first northwest, then flows north-eastwards to the confluence of Amel (French Amblève ), thence northward and empties in 165 km at Liege right side into the Meuse.

Cities downstream from the union of the two source rivers are La Roche -en- Ardenne, Hotton ( with famous karst cave ), Durbuy ( the nucleus of one of the smallest towns in the world), Comblain -au -Pont ( also cave ) and Esneux. The lower reaches of the Urt is navigable, but operating only sporadically ships since the 1920s.

After the river the Ourthe 1795-1815 existing department was named.

The three main tributaries of the river Ourthe coming from the right: the Aisne (not to be confused with the much larger French Aisne ), the Amel ( Amblève ) and the Weser (French Vesdre).

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