Key facts
- Country
- France
- Location
- Champagne-Ardenne
- Coordinates
- 47°45′37″N 5°7′29″E / 47.76028°N 5.12472°E / 47.76028; 5.12472 ( Aube source )
- Length
- 249 km (155 mi)
- Basin size
- 3,600 km (1,400 mi )
- Average
- 34 m /s (1,200 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Seine → English Channel
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Encyclopedic overview
The Aube ( French pronunciation: [ob] ) is a river in France, a right tributary of the Seine. It is 248.9 kilometres (154.7 mi) long. The river gives its name to the Aube department.
Its source is in the Haute-Marne department, on the plateau of Langres, near the town of Auberive. It flows through the departments of Haute-Marne, Côte-d'Or, Aube, and Marne. It flows into the river Seine near Marcilly-sur-Seine. Cities along the river include Bar-sur-Aube and Arcis-sur-Aube.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aube” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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