Loing

Loing

Loing River; painted by Alfred Sisley
Country France
Basin
Main source Burgundy
320 m (1,050 ft)
47°33′13″N 3°13′51″E / 47.55361°N 3.23083°E / 47.55361; 3.23083 (Primary source of Loing)
River mouth Seine
45 m (148 ft)
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)
Progression Seine→ English Channel
Basin size 4,150 km2 (1,600 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 142 km (88 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    19 m3/s (670 cu ft/s)

The Loing is a 142-kilometre (88 mi) 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. Its main tributaries are the Ouanne, the Aveyron, the Puiseaux, the Solin and the Lunain.

Départements and communes it runs through

Tributaries

References

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