Alleuze (river)

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Alleuze
Ruisseau des Ternes
The river at Les Ternes

The river at Les Ternes

Data
Water code FR :  O7470500
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Garonne
Drain over Truyère  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Paulhac
44 ° 59 ′ 10 ″  N , 2 ° 54 ′ 57 ″  E
Source height approx.  1038  m
muzzle in the municipality of Alleuze in the Truyère coordinates: 44 ° 56 ′ 38 ″  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 55 ″  E, 44 ° 56 ′ 38 ″  N , 3 ° 5 ′ 55 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  735  m
Height difference approx. 303 m
Bottom slope approx. 13 ‰
length approx. 23 km
Right tributaries Marzelle
Château d'Alleuze in the estuary

Château d'Alleuze in the estuary

The Alleuze (also called Ruisseau des Ternes ) is a river in France that runs in the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises under the name Ruisseau de Cussac near the hamlet of Les Rials , in the southern municipality of Paulhac , generally drains in a south-easterly direction through the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park and flows around 23 kilometers in the municipality of Alleuze in the backwater of the Barrage de Grandval on the right Tributary to the Truyère .

Naming

The naming of the river is very varied:

  • Ruisseau de Cussac in the upper reaches, then
  • Ruisseau des Ternes
  • Jurol in the area of ​​the commune of Les Ternes , then again
  • Ruisseau des Ternes as well
  • Alleuze in the mouth area

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Alleuze (river)  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Château d'Alleuze  - 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. ↑ Alleuze at SANDRE (French)
  4. ↑ Château d'Alleuze in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)