Key facts
- Country
- France
- Location
- Aunou-sur-Orne
- Elevation
- 240 m (790 ft)
- Length
- 170 km (110 mi)
- Basin size
- 2,932 km (1,132 sq mi)
- Average
- 27.5 m /s (970 cu ft/s)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Orne in Caen.jpg
- Length
- 169.6
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- Commons category
- Orne River (Northwestern France)
- watershed area
- 2932
- discharge
- 27.5
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The Orne ( French: [ɔʁn] ) is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It is 170 km (110 mi) long. It discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham. Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. Its main tributaries are the Odon and the Rouvre.
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Caen
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Lower Normandy
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Calvados
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department of France
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Orne
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Normandy
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Normandy
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river mouth
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Argentan
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Ouistreham
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Aunou-sur-Orne
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Sées
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Thury-Harcourt
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