Alet (salad)

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Alet
The river at Ustou

The river at Ustou

Data
Water code FRO0310500
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Salad  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Ustou
42 ° 43 ′ 29 ″  N , 1 ° 18 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height approx.  2101  m
muzzle at the point of contact of the municipalities of Seix , Ustou and Couflens in the Salat coordinates: 42 ° 49 ′ 54 ″  N , 1 ° 11 ′ 54 ″  E 42 ° 49 ′ 54 ″  N , 1 ° 11 ′ 54 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  560  m
Height difference approx. 1541 m
Bottom slope approx. 77 ‰
length approx. 20 km
Flowing lakes Etang de la Hillette

The Alet is a river in France that runs in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region . It has its source in the Pyrenees , near the border with Spain , in the southern municipality of Ustou , between the Pointe de la Hillette and the Campet summit (2312 m). The source stream is named Ruisseau de la Hillette , flows through the mountain of the same name Etang de la Hillette and then falls over the valley Cirque de Cagateille steeply to the valley. There it changes its name again to Ruisseau des Cors , drains generally in a north-westerly direction through the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Nature Park and flows into the right tributary after a total of around 20 kilometers at the point of contact between the communities of Seix , Ustou and Couflens , at the hamlet of Pont de la Taule the salad .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Hamlet of the municipality of Ustou :

  • Moussures
  • Stillon
  • L'Ariail
  • Portet
  • Saint Lizier
  • Bielle
  • Le Trein
  • Pont de la Taule

Web links

Commons : Alet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Alet at SANDRE (French)