Alrance (river)

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Alrance
The Alrance at Brousse-le-Château

The Alrance at Brousse-le-Château

Data
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
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
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

Tributaries

from the left:
  • Violon Bas (6.6 km)
  • Pouganiès (2.3 km)
  • Bétouille (4.5 km)
  • Planquette (1.8 km)
  • Cansac (2.8 km)
 from the right:
  • Niade (4.4 km)
  • Genras (5.4 km)

Web links

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

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Alrance at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 19, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.