Anguillon

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Anguillon
Grand Anguillon
Data
Water code FR :  X35-0400
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Rhône
Drain over Durance  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
43 ° 46 ′ 6 ″  N , 4 ° 52 ′ 46 ″  E
Source height approx.  115  m
muzzle in the municipality of Châteaurenard in the Durance coordinates: 43 ° 54 ′ 38 ″  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 51 ″  E, 43 ° 54 ′ 38 ″  N , 4 ° 50 ′ 51 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  29  m
Height difference approx. 86 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.3 ‰
length 20 km
Small towns Châteaurenard

The Anguillon (also: Grand Anguillon ) is a river in France that runs in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises as Ruisseau le Terrenque on the north side of the Alpilles , in the Alpilles Regional Nature Park of the same name , in the municipality of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence . The river first drains in a northerly direction, reaches the Durance valley near Noves , runs parallel to it from here to the northwest and flows into the Durance as a left tributary after a total of 20 kilometers across from Avignon , in the municipality of Châteaurenard .

Places on the river

Remarks

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information on the Anguillon from SANDRE (French), accessed on October 22, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.