Agly
Agly Aglí |
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The river just before the mouth |
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Water code | FR : Y06-0400 | |
location | France , Occitania region | |
River system | Agly | |
River basin district | FRD Rhône | |
source | in the municipality of Bugarach 42 ° 52 ′ 30 ″ N , 2 ° 23 ′ 5 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 720 m | |
muzzle | at Le Barcarès in the Mediterranean Coordinates: 42 ° 46 ′ 45 ″ N , 3 ° 2 ′ 20 ″ E 42 ° 46 ′ 45 ″ N , 3 ° 2 ′ 20 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 0 m | |
Height difference | approx. 720 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 8.8 ‰ | |
length | 82 km | |
Catchment area | 1100 km² | |
Outflow at the Estagel gauge |
MQ |
6 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Maury , Verdouble , Roboul | |
Right tributaries | Boulzane , Desix | |
Small towns | Rivesaltes , Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque |
The Agly ( Catalan : Aglí ) is a river in France that runs in the Occitania region . It rises in the southwest of the Corbières mountain range , in the municipality of Bugarach . The Agly generally drains in a south-easterly direction, flows through the imposing Gorges de Galamus gorge in its upper reaches and flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Le Barcarès after 82 kilometers . On his way he crosses the Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales departments .
Places on the river
- Camps-sur-l'Agly
- Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
- Ansignan
- Caramany
- Latour-de-France
- Estagel
- Cases-de-Pène
- Espira-de-l'Agly
- Rivesaltes
- Claira
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque
- Torreilles
- Le Barcarès
Attractions
- Gorges de Galamus
- Roman aqueduct at Ansignan
See also
Web links
Commons : Agly - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the Agly at SANDRE (French), accessed on July 28, 2009 rounded to full kilometers.
- ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: Y0674060 , option: Synthèse )
- ↑ hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: Y0664040 , option: Synthèse )