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The Ourche is a river in the eastern France, a left tributary of the Saône. It is 13.3 km (8.3 mi) long.[1]

Ourche
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Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	La Groseillére, Gruey-lès-Surance
Mouth
• location	Saône
Length	13.3 km (8.3 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Saône→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea

Geography

The Ourche flows entirely within the Vosges. It is the first notable tributary of the Saône, rising at the lieu dit of La Groseillére at Gruey-lès-Surance. It flows slowly through the forest of Darney, crossing the communes of Hennezel and Claudon, separating the latter in the north from its neighbour of Attigny.

The Ourche is fed by four small rivers: Orgoneaux, Thiétry, Houdrie and Noires Gouttes. The bed is made of sandstone which was deposited in the Paleozoic Era. The course of the Ourche is punctuated by numerous ponds and reservoirs, witnesses to the industrial exploitation of water power. Today this power is still used by hydroelectric microstations.

References

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[de] Ourche

Die Ourche ist ein kleiner Fluss in Frankreich, der im Département Vosges in der Region Grand Est verläuft. Sie entspringt beim Weiler Le Hatrey im Gemeindegebiet von Gruey-lès-Surance, entwässert generell in westlicher Richtung durch ein geschlossenes Laubwaldgebiet von etwa 15.000 Hektar und mündet nach rund 13[2] Kilometern im Gemeindegebiet von Claudon als linker Nebenfluss in die Saône.

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- [en] Ourche

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