Loing facts for kids
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 The Loing in Moret-sur-Loing
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| Country | France |
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| Regions | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire, Île-de-France |
| Departments | Yonne, Loiret, Seine-et-Marne |
| Municipalities | Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Amilly, Montargis, Nemours, Saint-Mammès |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Puiseaux, Solin, Bezonde, Fusain |
| - right | Ouanne, Cléry, Lunain |
| Cities | Amilly, Montargis, Nemours |
| Source | Puisaye |
| - location | Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Yonne, France |
| - elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°33′12″N 3°13′58″E / 47.55333°N 3.23278°E |
| Confluence | Seine |
| - location | Saint-Mammès, Seine-et-Marne, France |
| - elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| - coordinates | 48°23′13″N 2°48′9″E / 48.38694°N 2.80250°E |
| Length | 142.7 km (89 mi) |
| Basin | 4,182 km² (1,615 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Épisy |
| - average | 18.5 m³/s (653 cu ft/s) |
The Loing is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Seine. It flows through three regions of France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France
Geography
The Loing is 142.7 kilometres (88.7 miles) long. Its drainage basin covers 4,182 square kilometres (1,615 square miles).
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 18.50 m3/s (653 cu ft/s) at Épisy, Seine-et-Marne, at about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the mouth of the Loing.
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Épisy (69 years)
Course
The Loing starts in Puisaye, a natural region, in the commune of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the south of the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It starts at an altitude of about 320 metres (1,050 feet).
The Loing flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and communes:
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
- Centre-Val de Loire region
- Île-de-France region
- Seine-et-Marne: Château-Landon ~ Souppes-sur-Loing ~ La Madeleine-sur-Loing ~ Poligny ~ Bagneaux-sur-Loing ~ Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours ~ Nemours ~Montcourt-Fromonville ~ Grez-sur-Loing ~ Bourron-Marlotte ~ Montigny-sur-Loing ~ La Genevraye ~ Épisy ~ Orvanne ~ Veneux-les-Sablons ~ Saint-Mammès
At its end, the Loing flows into the Seine river in Saint-Mammès (bordering Veneux-les-Sablons), Seine-et-Marne department, at 16 metres (52 feet) of altitude.
The Loing river gives its name to the following communes: Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Dammarie-sur-Loing, Conflans-sur-Loing, Châlette-sur-Loing, Fontenay-sur-Loing, Souppes-sur-Loing, La Madeleine-sur-Loing, Bagneaux-sur-Loing, Grez-sur-Loing, Montigny-sur-Loing et Moret-sur-Loing.
Main tributaries
The main tributaries of the Loing are:
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Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries:
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Paintings
Several painters have painted the Loing river. Some of the paintings are:
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Alfred Sisley : Rives du Loing, effets d'automne (1881) -
Alfred Sisley : Pont de Moret l'été (1888) -
Alfred Sisley : Le long du Loing près de Moret (1892) -
William Lamb Picknell : Rives du Loing (between 1894 and 1897) -
Eugène Cicéri : Au bord du Loing -
Eugène Galien-Laloue : Lavandières au bord du Loing
Gallery
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The source of the Loing in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing.
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The Loing in Nemours.
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The Loing in Grez-sur-Loing.
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The Loing in Episy.
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The Loing in Saint-Mammès.
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Río Loing para niños
