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Our | |
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The Our flowing through the Ardennes in Luxembourg | |
![]() Course of the Our | |
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Location | |
Countries | |
Reference no. | DE: 2626 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Northeast of the Eichelsberg in the municipality of Büllingen, parish of Manderfeld |
• coordinates | 50°22′38″N 6°20′45″E / 50.377186°N 6.345801°E |
• elevation | ca. 643 m |
Mouth | |
• location | Near Wallendorf into the Sauer |
• coordinates | 49°52′30″N 6°17′12″E / 49.875111°N 6.28667°E |
• elevation | ca. 177 m above sea level (NHN) |
Length | 96.111 km (59.721 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 668.334 km2 (258.045 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• location | at Gemünd Our gauge[2] |
• average | 9.38 m3/s (331 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | Record low: 50 L/s (1.8 cu ft/s) (in 05.07.1976) Average low: 545 L/s (19.2 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | Average high: 118 m3/s (4,200 cu ft/s) Record high: 236 m3/s (8,300 cu ft/s) (in 22.12.1991) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sauer→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
The Our (Luxembourgish: [ˈuːɐ̯] ⓘ; French: [uʁ] ⓘ, German: [ˈuːɐ̯]) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the river Sauer/Sûre. Its total length is 78 kilometres (48 mi).
The source of the Our is in the High Fens in southeastern Belgium, near Manderfeld. It 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 empties into the Sauer in Wallendorf.