Vanne (river)

The Vanne is a river in eastern France that flows through the Aube and Yonne departments, in the Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions. The Vanne is a right tributary of the Yonne river.

Geography
The Vanne river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Pont-sur-Vanne in the Yonne department.

Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Pont-sur-Vanne (55 years)

Course
The watershed of the Vanne is in the Aube and Yonne departments. It starts, an altitude of , under the church of the commune of Fontvannes. a small town that is at about  to the west of the city of Troyes, the capital of the Aube department. It then flows to the southwest and gets into the Yonne department.

In Sens. the Vanne joins, by its right side, the Yonne river at an altitude of .

The Vanne flows through the following communes:
 Aube department
 Fontvannes, Bucey-en-Othe, Estissac, Neuville-sur-Vanne, Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Paisy-Cosdon, Saint-Benoist-sur-Vanne, Rigny-le-Ferron and Vulaines.
 Yonne department
 Flacy, Bagneaux, Villeneuve-l'Archevêque, Molinons, Foissy-sur-Vanne, Chigy, Pont-sur-Vanne, Theil-sur-Vanne, Villiers-Louis, Malay-le-Petit, Malay-le-Grand, Maillot and Sens.

 Main tributaries 
Most of the tributaries of the Vanne are small streams; the only important tributaries (all of them left tributaries) are:
 Ancre - 15.9 km
 Nosle - 13.4 km
 Cérilly - 15.2 km

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of France

 References 

Other websites

 Banque Hydro - Station H2622010 - La Vanne à Pont-sur-Vanne (Synthèse)  

Category:Rivers of Grand Est
Category:Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté