ORNE (orn)
A
river in Normandy, within northwestern France Common clues:
Caen's river; River to the English Channel; French river or
department; Normandy river; D-Day river; Norman river Crossword
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Battles, France, July, 1944
The
Orne is a river in Normandy, within northwestern France. It
discharges into the English Channel at the port of Ouistreham.
Its source is in Aunou-sur-Orne, east of Sées. The Odon is
one of its tributaries.
The
Orne flows through the following departments and towns:
Orne
(named after the river): Sées, Argentan
Calvados:
Thury-Harcourt, Caen, Ouistreham
The
name of the Orne river in Normandy, which is referred to as the
Olina by Ptolemy, is a homonym of Fluvius Olne, the Orne
saosnoise in Sarthe, which Xavier Delamarre traces back to the
Celtic olīnā (elbow).
The
waters of the Orne are typically moderately turbid and brown in
colour. pH levels of the Orne have been measured at 8.5 at the
town of St. Andre sur Orne where summer water temperatures
approximate 18 degrees Celsius. Electrical conductivity of the
Orne has been measured at 30 micro-Siemens per centimeter.
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