Our (river)
The Our (pronunciation [u:r]) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the Sauer river, and so it is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river.
| Our | |
|---|---|
 The Our flowing through the Ardennes in Luxembourg | |
.png) Course of the Our | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Reference no. | DE: 2626 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| - location | Northeast of the Eichelsberg in the municipality of Büllingen, parish of Manderfeld |
| - coordinates | 50°22′38″N 6°20′45″E / 50.377186°N 6.345801°ECoordinates: 50°22′38″N 6°20′45″E / 50.377186°N 6.345801°E |
| - elevation | ca. 643 m |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Near Wallendorf into the Sauer |
| - coordinates | 49°52′30″N 6°17′12″E / 49.875111°N 6.28667°E |
| - elevation | ca. 177 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Length | 96.111 km (59.721 mi) [1] |
| Basin size | 668.334 km2 (258.045 sq mi) [1] |
| Discharge | |
| - location | at Gemünd Our gauge[2] |
| - average | 9.38 m3/s (331 cu ft/s) |
| - minimum | Record low: 50 l/s (1.8 cu ft/s) (in 05.07.1976) Average low: 545 l/s (19.2 cu ft/s) |
| - maximum | Average high: 118 m3/s (4,200 cu ft/s) Record high: 236 m3/s (8,300 cu ft/s) (in 22.12.1991) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sauer→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
GeographyEdit
The Our river has a length of 78 kilometres (48 miles). Of that length, 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) are in Luxemboug[3] Its drainage basin has an area of 187 square kilometres (72 square miles).
The source of the Our is in southeastern Belgium. It is near Manderfeld in the Büllingen municipality, Liège province. It is at an altitude of about 643 metres (2,110 feet).
The river flows southwards, more or less along the German-Belgian border and, after Ouren, along the German-Luxembourg border. The historic town of Vianden lies on the Our.
The Our joins, as a left tributary, the Sauer river in Wallendorf in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, at about 177 metres (581 feet) of altitude.
North of Viande, the river is blocked by the Our Dam.
Main tributariesEdit
The tributaries of the Our river with length over 5 km are:
- Left tributaries
- Auw - 5.9 km
- Ihrenbach - 15.9 km
- Irsen - 35.5 km
- Teggelbach - 5.0 km
- Right tributaries
- Medenderbach - 7.5 km
- Kolvenderbach -8.7 km
- Weberbach - 6.1 km
- Braunlauf - 17.8 km
- Ulf - 17.8 km
GalleryEdit
The Our near Dasburg-Pont. Left: Germany, right: Luxembourg.
The Our at Vianden
The Our joining the Sauer
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- ↑ Pegel Gemünd Our Daten des LfU Rheinland-Pfalz
- ↑ "Hydrography (in km)". Statistics Portal - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Retrieved 10 June 2016.