Alrance (river)
Alrance | ||
The Alrance at Brousse-le-Château |
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Water code | FR : 036-0400 | |
location | France , Occitania region | |
River system | Garonne | |
Drain over | Tarn → Garonne → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | in the parish of Alrance, 44 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ N , 2 ° 40 ′ 17 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 800 m | |
muzzle | at Brousse-le-Château in the Tarn Coordinates: 43 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ N , 2 ° 37 ′ 22 ″ E, 43 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ N , 2 ° 37 ′ 22 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 240 m | |
Height difference | approx. 560 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 22 ‰ | |
length | 26 km | |
Catchment area | 85 km² | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat |
The Alrance is a river in southern France that runs in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region . It rises on the high plateau of Lévézou , in the municipality of Alrance of the same name , initially drains in a south-easterly direction, later turns to south-west and flows 26 kilometers into the Grands Causses Regional Nature Park , at Brousse-le-Château as a right tributary into the Tarn . The Alrance is dammed up to generate energy, the Lac de Villefranche-de-Panat reservoir is around 1.92 km².
Places on the river
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