Loue
Sign in to saveThe Loue () is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. It is long. Its source is a karst spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs. This connection with the Doubs was discovered in 1901 when a spillage from the Pernod factory into the Doubs was transmitted into the Loue.
Key facts
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- Loue
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- 0 Ouhans - Source de la Loue (2).JPG
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- The source of the Loue, showing karst formations
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- Loue (rivière).png
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- Course of the Loue interactive map
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- Jura mountains
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- Doubs
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- Country
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- France
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The Loue () is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. It is long. Its source is a karst spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs. This connection with the Doubs was discovered in 1901 when a spillage from the Pernod factory into the Doubs was transmitted into the Loue.
The Loue flows through the following departments and towns: Doubs: Ornans, Quingey Jura: Montbarrey
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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