Antenna (river)

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antenna
The antenna at the Préziers mill

The antenna at the Préziers mill

Data
Water code FR :  R32-0430
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Charente
Drain over Charente  → Atlantic Ocean
source at Fontaine-Chalendray
45 ° 57 ′ 3 ″  N , 0 ° 10 ′ 54 ″  W.
Source height approx.  103  m
muzzle West of Cognac in the Charente Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ 51 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 25 ″  W 45 ° 40 ′ 51 ″  N , 0 ° 22 ′ 25 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  5  m
Height difference approx. 98 m
Bottom slope approx. 2 ‰
length approx. 49 km
Left tributaries Briou
Right tributaries Saudrenne

The aerial is a river in France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It has its source at Fontaine-Chalendray and crosses the Charente-Maritime and Charente departments . To the west of Cognac , the antenna joins the Charente as a right tributary after around 49 kilometers .

history

The name "antenna" comes from the pre-Celtic times. The valley was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic , as evidenced by the finds from the cave of Marcel Clouet in Javrezac from the time of the Moustérien (around 40,000 years ago).

natural reserve

In the middle and lower sections of the river, the river forms a natural landscape worth preserving, which is registered under Natura 2000 under code FR5400473.

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : The River Antenna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the river length is based on the information about the antenna at SANDRE (French), accessed on May 8, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.