Title: Loing Content: The Loing is a river in central France. It is a left tributary of the Seine. It flows through three regions of France: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Île-de-France ==Geography== The Loing is long. Its drainage basin covers . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Épisy, Seine-et-Marne, at about from the mouth of the Loing. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:40 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:10 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:5 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 30.50 bar:Feb from:0 till: 33.00 bar:Mar from:0 till: 27.80 bar:Apr from:0 till: 23.00 bar:May from:0 till: 18.90 bar:Jun from:0 till: 14.50 bar:Jul from:0 till: 9.580 bar:Aug from:0 till: 8.240 bar:Sep from:0 till: 8.020 bar:Oct from:0 till: 11.00 bar:Nov from:0 till: 15.40 bar:Dec from:0 till: 23.40 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 30.50 fontsize:S text: 30.50 shift:(-9,5) bar:Feb at: 33.00 fontsize:S text: 33.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 27.80 fontsize:S text: 27.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 23.00 fontsize:S text: 23.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 18.90 fontsize:S text: 18.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 14.50 fontsize:S text: 14.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 9.580 fontsize:S text: 9.580 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 8.240 fontsize:S text: 8.240 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 8.020 fontsize:S text: 8.020 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 11.00 fontsize:S text: 11.00 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 15.40 fontsize:S text: 15.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 23.40 fontsize:S text: 23.40 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Épisy (69 years) ===Course=== The Loing starts in Puisaye, a natural region, in the commune of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the south of the Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It starts at an altitude of about . The Loing flows, in general, to the northwest. It goes through the following regions, departments and communes: * Bourgogne-Franche- Comté region ** Yonne: Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing ~ Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye ~ Moutiers-en-Puisaye ~ Saint-Fargeau ~ Saint-Martin-des-Champs ~ Saint-Privé ~ Bléneau ~ Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses * Centre-Val de Loire region ** Loiret: Dammarie-sur-Loing ~ Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois ~ Châtillon-Coligny ~ Montbouy ~ Montcresson ~ Conflans-sur-Loing ~ Amilly ~ Montargis ~ Châlette-sur-Loing ~ Cepoy ~ Girolles ~ Fontenay-sur-Loing ~ Nargis ~ Dordives * Île-de-France region ** Seine-et-Marne: Château-Landon ~ Souppes-sur-Loing ~ La Madeleine- sur-Loing ~ Poligny ~ Bagneaux-sur-Loing ~ Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours ~ Nemours ~Montcourt-Fromonville ~ Grez-sur-Loing ~ Bourron-Marlotte ~ Montigny-sur- Loing ~ La Genevraye ~ Épisy ~ Orvanne ~ Veneux-les-Sablons ~ Saint-Mammès At its end, the Loing flows into the Seine river in Saint-Mammès (bordering Veneux-les-Sablons), Seine-et-Marne department, at of altitude. The Loing river gives its name to the following communes: Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, Dammarie-sur-Loing, Conflans-sur-Loing, Châlette-sur-Loing, Fontenay-sur- Loing, Souppes-sur-Loing, La Madeleine-sur-Loing, Bagneaux-sur-Loing, Grez- sur-Loing, Montigny-sur-Loing et Moret-sur-Loing. ==Main tributaries== The main tributaries of the Loing are: Left tributaries: * Puiseaux - 37 km * Solin - 31.3 km * Bezonde - 35 km * Fusain - 34.4 km Right tributaries: * Ouanne - 83.8 km * Cléry - 43.1 km * Lunain - 51.4 km == Paintings == Several painters have painted the Loing river. Some of the paintings are: File:Alferd Sisley - Banks of the Loing - Autumn Effect, 1881 - Google Art Project.jpg|Alfred Sisley : Rives du Loing, effets d'automne (1881) File:Alfred Sisley 010.jpg|Alfred Sisley: Pont de Moret l'été (1888) File:Alfred Sisley 064.jpg|Alfred Sisley: Le long du Loing près de Moret (1892) File:William Lamb Picknel - Banks of the Loing.jpg|William Lamb Picknell: Rives du Loing (between 1894 and 1897) File:Eugène Cicéri-Au bord du Loing-Musée barrois.jpg|Eugène Cicéri : Au bord du Loing File:Eugène Galien- Laloue - Lavandières au bord du Loing.jpg|Eugène Galien-Laloue: Lavandières au bord du Loing ==Gallery== File:SourceLoing.jpg|The source of the Loing in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing. File:Loing a Nemours P1050500.JPG|The Loing in Nemours. File:Loing Grez.JPG|The Loing in Grez-sur-Loing. File:Lunain- episy-1.jpg|The Loing in Episy. File:Veneux Saint-Mammès vue.jpg|The Loing in Saint-Mammès. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France