Our (river) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Our |
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| River | |
 The Our flowing through the Ardennes in Luxembourg
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| Countries |  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Germany |
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| Tributaries | |
| - left | Ihrenbach, Irsen |
| - right | Braunlauf |
| City | Vianden |
| Source | Eichelsberg |
| - location | Büllingen, Liège, Belgium |
| - elevation | 643 m (2,110 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°22′38″N 6°20′45″E / 50.37722°N 6.34583°E |
| Mouth | Sauer |
| - location | Wallendorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| - elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°52′30″N 6°17′12″E / 49.87500°N 6.28667°E |
| Length | 78 km (48 mi) |
| Basin | 187 km² (72 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 9.38 m³/s (331 cu ft/s) |
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.
Geography
The Our river has a length of 78 kilometres (48 miles). Of that length, 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) are in Luxemboug 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 tributaries
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
Gallery
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The Our near Dasburg-Pont. Left: Germany, right: Luxembourg.
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The Our at Vianden
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The Our joining the Sauer
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Río Our para niños
