Ardoux

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Ardoux
Data
Water code FR :  K44-0300
location France , Center-Val de Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of La Ferté-Saint-Aubin,
47 ° 45 ′ 1 ″  N , 1 ° 55 ′ 42 ″  E
Source height approx.  124  m
muzzle near Saint-Laurent-Nouan in the Loire Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 16 "  N , 1 ° 34 ′ 57"  E 47 ° 42 ′ 16 "  N , 1 ° 34 ′ 57"  E
Mouth height approx.  74  m
Height difference approx. 50 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.2 ‰
length 42 km
Left tributaries Petit Ardoux
Reservoirs flowed through Étang Neuf, Étang de la Chaise, Étang de la Butte, Étang du Devant

The Ardoux (also in the middle reaches: Grand Ardoux ) is a river in France that runs in the Center-Val de Loire region .

It rises in the municipality of La Ferte-Saint-Aubin , dehydrated initially in a northwesterly direction, then turns to the southwest and ends after 42 kilometers at Saint-Laurent-Nouan as a left tributary to a tributary of the Loire . On its way, the Ardoux crosses the Loiret and Loir-et-Cher departments .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Ardoux at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 23, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.