The Grand Morin (, literally ''Great Morin'') is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

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, left tributary of the

Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ...

. Its source is near the village of Lachy. Its course crosses the departments of

and

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...

. It flows westwards through the towns of

Esternay Esternay () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the ...

La Ferté-Gaucher La Ferté-Gaucher () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of La Ferté-Gaucher are called ''Fertois''. See also * Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department ...

, Coulommiers and

Crécy-la-Chapelle Crécy-la-Chapelle () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Crécy-la-Chapelle is crossed by the river Grand Morin. The ground of the area is limestone. Crécy-la-Chapel ...

, finally flowing into the Marne in

Esbly Esbly () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Esbly are called ''Esblygeois'' in French. Education There are four primary schools in Esbly: École mate ...

. Its main tributary is the

Aubetin The Aubetin is a long river in the Marne and Seine-et-Marne ''départements'', northeastern France. Its source is at Les Essarts-le-Vicomte, northeast of Nogent-sur-Seine. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Grand M ...

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Rivers of France Rivers of Marne (department) Rivers of Seine-et-Marne Rivers of Grand Est Rivers of Île-de-France {{France-river-stub