Marne River

Marne River

Infobox River | river_name = Marne


caption = Marne River; painted by Paul Cézanne
origin = Champagne-Ardenne
mouth = Seine
coord|48|48|57|N|2|24|40|E|name=Seine-Marne|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 514 km
elevation =
discharge = 100 m³/s
watershed = 12,800 km²
The Marne is a river in France, a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is convert|514|km|mi long. [cite web
url=http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/F---0100.php?cg=F---0100
title=The Marne at the Sandre database
language=French
] The river gave its name to the "départements" of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne.

The Marne starts in the Langres plateau, runs generally north then bends west between Saint-Dizier and Châlons-en-Champagne, joining the Seine at Charenton just upstream from Paris.In the Champagne région part of the water is led through the artificial lake Lac du Der-Chantecoq, in order to regulate the water discharge. This way large inundations or low river levels downstream are prevented. [cite web
url=http://www.lacduder.fr/fr/creation.php
title=Apprivoiser la Marne
language=French
accessdate=2006-06-02
]

The Marne River was the site of two battles during the First World War. The first battle was a turning point of World War I, fought in 1914. The second battle was fought four years later, in 1918.During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Marne inspired many painter artists among whom:

* Camille Corot
* Paul Cézanne
* Camille Pissarro
* Henri Rousseau, dit " Le Douanier Rousseau"
* Albert Marquet
* Raoul Dufy
* André Dunoyer de Ségonzac
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Vuillermoz Louis Vuillermoz]
* Maurice Boitel
* Daniel du Janerand

"Départements" and main towns crossed

* Haute-Marne (52): Chaumont, Saint-Dizier
* Marne (51): Châlons-en-Champagne, Épernay
* Aisne (02): Château-Thierry
* Seine-et-Marne (77): Meaux
* Seine-Saint-Denis (93): Neuilly-sur-Marne, Noisy-le-Grand
* Val-de-Marne (94): Nogent-sur-Marne, Créteil, Charenton-le-Pont, Champigny-sur-Marne, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Joinville-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice

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