Thur (France)

For the river Thur in Switzerland see Thur (Switzerland).

Thur
The Thur in Thann.
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Vosges mountains
• elevation	±950 m (3,120 ft)
Mouth
• location	river Ill
Length	53 km (33 mi)
Basin size	262 km2 (101 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	5.5 m3/s (190 cu ft/s)

The Thur is a river in the Haut-Rhin department, Alsace, France, left tributary of the river Ill. It rises in the Vosges Mountains, and flows through the towns Thann and Cernay. It flows into the Ill (a tributary of the Rhine) near Ensisheim, north of Mulhouse.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Thur at the Sandre database