River Orne

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River Orne is a river in northwestern France that flows through Normandy and played a notable role in World War II, particularly during the D-Day landings.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
River Orne canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithEvent capture of bridges over the Orne on 6 June 1944 ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryOperation British 6th Airborne Division ⓘ
basinCountry France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
crossedBy Pegasus Bridge ⓘ
Ranville Bridge ⓘ
drainageBasin English Channel basin ⓘ
emptiesNear Ouistreham ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northward ⓘ
flowsInto English Channel ⓘ
flowsThrough Argentan ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
Suisse Normande ⓘ
linked to: Suisse normande
hasEstuaryType tidal estuary at its mouth ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Orne ⓘ
hasTributary Baize ⓘ
Cance ⓘ
Noireau ⓘ
Odon ⓘ
historicalSignificance D-Day landings ⓘ
linked to: D-Day

World War II ⓘ
length approximately 170 km ⓘ
locatedIn Normandy ⓘ
northwestern France ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Bay of the Seine ⓘ
linked to: Baie de Seine

English Channel ⓘ
nearbyCity Argentan ⓘ
Caen ⓘ
nearbySettlement Ouistreham ⓘ
nearbyVillage Bénouville ⓘ
Ranville ⓘ
partOf Normandy river network ⓘ
passesThrough Caen Canal area ⓘ
linked to: Caen Canal
region Calvados ⓘ
Orne department ⓘ
roleInDday formed part of the eastern flank of the Allied landing area ⓘ
sourceLocation Aunou-sur-Orne ⓘ
sourceRegion Orne department ⓘ
strategicFeature natural barrier in Normandy ⓘ
tributaryOf English Channel ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wasStrategicObjectiveDuring Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Operation Overlord ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orne → namedAfter → River Orne ⓘ
River Odon → tributaryOf → River Orne ⓘ
River Odon → flowsInto → River Orne ⓘ