Our (river)

The Our (pronunciation [u:r]) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the Sauer river, and so it is part of the drainage basin of the Rhine river.

Geography
The Our river has a length of . Of that length,  are in Luxemboug. Its drainage basin has an area of .

The source of the Our is in southeastern Belgium. It is near Manderfeld in the Büllingen municipality,  Liège province. It is at an altitude of about .

The river 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 joins, as a left tributary, the Sauer river in Wallendorf in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, at about  of altitude.

North of Viande, the river is blocked by the Our Dam.

Main tributaries 
The tributaries of the Our river with length over 5 km are:
 Left tributaries
 Auw - 5.9 km
 Ihrenbach - 15.9 km
 Irsen - 35.5 km
 Teggelbach - 5.0 km
 Right tributaries
 Medenderbach - 7.5 km
 Kolvenderbach -8.7 km
 Weberbach - 6.1 km
 Braunlauf - 17.8 km
 Ulf - 17.8 km

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of Belgium
 List of rivers of Germany
 List of rivers of Luxembourg

 References 

Category:Rivers of Belgium
Category:Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Rivers of Luxembourg
Category:Wallonia
Category:Liège (province)