Loing

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Loing

Loing River; painted by Alfred Sisley
Origin Burgundy
47°33′13″N 3°13′51″E / 47.55361°N 3.23083°E / 47.55361; 3.23083
Mouth Seine
48°23′13″N 2°48′9″E / 48.38694°N 2.80250°E / 48.38694; 2.80250 (Seine-Loing)Coordinates: 48°23′13″N 2°48′9″E / 48.38694°N 2.80250°E / 48.38694; 2.80250 (Seine-Loing)
Basin countries France
Length 142 km (88 mi)
Source elevation 320 m (1,050 ft)
Mouth elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Avg. discharge 19 m³/s
Basin area 4,150 km²

The Loing is a 142 km long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the south of the Yonne département.

The Loing flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing. The part of the Briare Canal between Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses and Montargis runs parallel to the Loing.

Départements and communes it runs through

Tributaries

  • Left tributaries: Solin, Puiseaux
  • Right tributaries: Lunain, Ouanne, Aveyron

References

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